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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Sugar Caster
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.

Sugar Caster

Artifact IDMO 1981.5.2
Object Type Caster, Sugar
Maker (American, founded 1810)
Dateca. 1905
Mediumsterling silver
Dimensionsoverall H 9 in x W 3 1/4 in (22.9 cm x 8.3 cm )
Physical DescriptionAn English sterling silver sugar caster or shaker. The caster is bulbous and dome shaped with a turned finial top. A monogram is engraved at the center: AER. A maker's stamp is on the underside of the base: Black Starr & Frost / Sterling 40.
Historical NoteThis sugar caster was one of more than 300 wedding gifts presented to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. It is on display in the COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE exhibit in the Museum’s FOUNDATIONS OF A PUBLIC LIFE gallery.
Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Eleanor Seagraves, Curtis Roosevelt, and John R. Boettiger
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPersonal Possessions of the Roosevelt Family (National Archives Identifier 782689)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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