June 2013 Auction Ends Thursday, June 27th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/27/2013
Saucer from the Franklin D. Roosevelt presidential yacht, the USS Potomac. White saucer with yachting flags crossed at top is stamped upon the underside, ''U.P.W.'', with an eagle's head holding the letter ''S'' in its beak indicating it was made at the Union Porcelain Works of Greenpoint, New York, between 1877 and 1904. A label affixed to the underside reads, ''Collection of President & Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt'' and has been numbered ''757 / B-125'''' in ink. Plate measures 5.5'' in diameter. Fine. With provenance from the ''Miscellaneous Objects Belonging to the Late President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt'' sale, Hammer Galleries, New York, 12 November to 3 December 1951, Lot 757.
Franklin D. Roosevelt Saucer From His Presidential Yacht
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