$558
New York World's Fair Grover A. Whalen Presentation Vase Hadeland glass Created in Norway, 1938 Tapering cylindrical form of colorless glass decorated and engraved Til Grover A. Whalen/ Med de Beste Onsker For/ New York World's Fair 1939/ Fra Vikan-Utstillingen I Oslo 1938Th Platou For Mann, signed Hadeland 1938.0.5 around base, ht. 9 1/8 in. Grover Whalen graced the cover of Time magazine in 1939 a prominent politician, he held the offices of Chief of Police, City Commissioner, and was president of the New York World's Fair Corporation.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-12-08