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Dwight D. Eisenhower: Presidential Plane "Columbine III" White China Dinner Plate....
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Dwight D. Eisenhower: Presidential Plane "Columbine III" White China Dinner Plate. 10" diameter white china dinner plate, made for President Eisenhower's presidential plane, a Lockheed VC-121E known as, "Columbine III." The dinner plate, designed by Castleton China, Shenango Pottery Company, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, features a border in gilt with the blue columbine flower at one edge and a gilt-lettered "D.D.E." beneath the flower. The plate's underside is gilt-lettered "The Presidential Plane Columbine, Washington, D.C., May 1956, Shenango China."The plane was named by First Lady Mamie Doud Eisenhower after the columbine, the official state flower of her adopted home state, Colorado. In 1953, Mrs. Eisenhower asked Shenango to design a plate commemorating President Eisenhower's first birthday in the White House (14 October) and in 1955 was commissioned by Mrs. Eisenhower to create a formal design of gold service plates for the state dining room at the White House.
Condition: Very light scratching and wear, with minimal loss of edge gold.
Auction Info
2022 December 3 - 4 The Seeley Family Presidential Christmas Collection Americana & Political Signature® Auction #6263 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
December, 2022
3rd-4th
Saturday-Sunday
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