SILVER HUMIDOR AND OTHER SERVICE FOR THE YACHT "NIRVANA IV"
Circa 1922-29
Silver humidor by William B. Kerr & Co., Newark, New Jersey. Etched with flowers, birds and scrolls within bellflower borders, the cover engraved "Yacht Nirvana Holger Struckmann From Frederick C. Fletcher" and applied with two enameled burgees. Two-compartment interior fitted with a removable wood tray and a humidor fitting. Also includes six silver napkin rings by Evald Nielsen, Copenhagen, engraved "Nirvana III", and ten glasses enameled with the same burgees and "Nirvana" on a ribbon.
Humidor height 6". Width 12". Depth 6".
Provenance:
Holger Struckmann, and thence by descent through his family.
Sotheby's, New York, Important Americana, January 2017, Lot #4062.
A private collection, Maine.

Note:
Holger Struckmann was president of International Cement Co. and lived in Rye, New York. He was a member of the Larchmont Yacht Club in Larchmont, New York.

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