A Group of Sugar Shakers and Salt Cellars
Sale 1579 - The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright
May 7, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / New York
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$500 -
700
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$1,143
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Lot Description
A Group of Sugar Shakers and Salt Cellars
Secretary Albright often entertained foreign leaders in her Washington D.C. home. She identified the silver sugar shakers in this lot as her favorite things: "When I was at the UN, I did have to entertain a lot... It was crazy—a chef, the whole thing. Ultimately the flowers I had to keep buying were quite expensive. I had to pay for them myself. So I decided it would be better to put the money into something that lasted and started collecting the sugar shakers. They are mostly antiques. It was just a better thing to invest in," (Financial Times, February 6, 2019).
Comprising four English silver trencher salt, five American silver salt cellars by Spaulding & Co., six American silver sugar shakers, and four English silver sugar shaker, together with eight copper and enamel salt cellars.
23 ozt 16 dwt weighable
Height of tallest 3 3/4 inches.
Comprising four English silver trencher salt, five American silver salt cellars by Spaulding & Co., six American silver sugar shakers, and four English silver sugar shaker, together with eight copper and enamel salt cellars.
23 ozt 16 dwt weighable
Height of tallest 3 3/4 inches.
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