About
Gift of
- John B. Stetson IV
- Solveig Stetson
Source Collection
Stetson University, duPont-Ball Library, Stetson Family Collection Collection
Rights
Copyright Stetson University, DeLand, Florida. May not be reproduced without permission. Permission: http://stetson.edu/library/permissions.php
Title
Family Objects: John B. Stetson, Jr.'s Polish Embassy Cup and Saucer- SFC 2024.017.034
Repository
University Archives, duPont-Ball Library, Stetson University, DeLand, Florida
Identifier
SFC 2024.017.034
Description
Cup and saucer found in the residence of the U. S. Ambassador to Poland in 1990. Returned to the Stetson family in 2015. The china belonged to John B. Stetson, Jr. who was appointed Minister to Poland in 1925. Inscription on the bottom of both the cup and saucer read 'John B. Stetson, Jr., Minister, Warsaw, Poland' and are numbered. The cup and saucer somehow survived World War II and the decades after. Includes a card to John B. Stetson IV from Thomas Winston Simons, Jr. who returned the china to the family.
Subject
Stetson family; Stetson, John B., Jr. (John Batterson), 1884-1952; Poland; United States Embassy (Poland)
Names
John B. Stetson, Jr.
Box
Stetson Family Collection. Series VII: Family Objects. Box #2
