Fine collection of six items, all personally-owned by the Coolidge family: a small cobalt blue swirl glass pitcher personally-owned and -used by President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge; an elegant rhinestone belt buckle personally-owned and -worn by Grace Coolidge; two delicate veils personally-owned and -worn by Grace Coolidge; a glass crackle-textured vase personally-owned and -used by President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge; and a blue glass perfume bottle personally-owned and -used by Grace Coolidge. Includes detailed letters of provenance on White House letterhead from Lillian Rogers Parks, who was a best selling author as well as housekeeper and seamstress at the White House for over 30 years, from President Hoover through President Eisenhower. Mrs. Parks was also the daughter of White House First Maid Maggie Rogers, who is mentioned in all these provenance letters, and from whom these early White House artifacts originated. An enticing grouping of first family history.
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