President Truman's Wedding Gift to Princess Elizabeth -- Entitled "The Merry-Go-Round", this super casket-shaped vase of engraved Steuben Glass. Designed by the American sculptor, Sydney Waugh, is the Wedding gift to Princess Elizabeth of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Truman. The Idea for the Vase Occurred to Mr. Waugh When he was Attended a Country Fair at Queens town, Maryland. The Country Fair there is the oldest and most unaffected of American festivals and The Merry-Go-Hound- Soul and Symbol of that institution, struck him as a Suitable form. October 28, 1947. (Photo by Associat
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1741 x 2395 px | 29.5 x 40.6 cm | 11.6 x 16 inches | 150dpiDate taken:
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President Truman's Wedding Gift to Princess Elizabeth -- Entitled "The Merry-Go-Round", this super casket-shaped vase of engraved Steuben Glass. Designed by the American sculptor, Sydney Waugh, is the Wedding gift to Princess Elizabeth of U.S. President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Truman. The Idea for the Vase Occurred to Mr. Waugh When he was Attended a Country Fair at Queens town, Maryland. The Country Fair there is the oldest and most unaffected of American festivals and The Merry-Go-Hound- Soul and Symbol of that institution, struck him as a Suitable form. October 28, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).