Live Auction 12190The Private Collection of President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan
PRESIDENT AND MRS. RONALD REAGANA MOTTAHEDEH PORCELAIN CHINESE EXPORT STYLE MONTEITH ON STAND
Lot 230

PRESIDENT AND MRS. RONALD REAGANA MOTTAHEDEH PORCELAIN CHINESE EXPORT STYLE MONTEITH ON STAND

MODERN, BLUE PRINTED MARK

Closed22 September 2016

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USD 60,000

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PRESIDENT AND MRS. RONALD REAGAN
A MOTTAHEDEH PORCELAIN CHINESE EXPORT STYLE MONTEITH ON STAND
MODERN, BLUE PRINTED MARK
The exterior richly gilded with panels of the Great Seal of the United States alternate with quotes from President Reagan, the interior centered by the Presidential Seal and eight shields dated for each year of the Reagan Administration, the underside inscribed PRESENTED BY THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. REAGAN RECALLING EIGHT MEMORABLE YEARS 1981-1989
12 ¾ in. (32.3 cm.) diameter

Specialist note

The four quotes on the monteith are some of President Reagan's best known. Two are taken from the addresses to either Congress or Western Europe regarding relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. One is from an address to the Canadian Parliament and the last from an address to Chinese community leaders in Beijing.