"Tiffany & Co. Sterling Silver 1947 Engraved Cigarette Case"
$3,500
Sz: 6" x 9 1/4" x 1 3/4"D
w/ cedar panel lining
Engraved: C-C (Charles Cary) 2-1-47
w/ 15 groomsmen signatures including William McCormick Blair Jr:
William McCormick "Bill" Blair Jr. (October 24, 1916 – August 29, 2015) was an American diplomat who served as United States Ambassador to Denmark from 1961 to 1964 in the JFK Administration.
On September 9, 1961, in the chapel at Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød, Denmark, Ambassador Blair married Catherine "Deeda" Gerlach (born 1931), the former wife of oleomargarine heir Charles Clarke Jelke and the only daughter of Norman Harbridge Gerlach (1904–1980), a partner in the Chicago law firm Gerlach & O'Brien, and his wife, the former Joanna Powell. Deeda Blair (who was later a subject of portraits by Andy Warhol).