This two handled Irish silver cup was a 1940 wedding gift to David and Peggy Rockefeller from Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford of Dearborn, Michigan. It will come up at Christie’s in New York on May 10 as part of Christie’s auction of the Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller. The sales of approximately 1,550 auction lots includes one of the largest and most important collections of decorative arts to come to market in decades. Around 900 lots will come up at the New York saleroom on May 8, 9 and 10 and there will be a companion online sale of 650 lots to open worldwide on May 1. A number of philanthropic causes are to benefit from the auction.
The silver cup, with the mark of Robert Calderwood, Dublin c , is estimated at $2,000-3,000 dollars. Banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller, who died last year aged 101, was chairman of Chase Manhattan Corporation. His wife, the former Peggy McGrath, died in 1996. They had six children.
UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR $3,250