Springville Herald | 1947-10-30 | Page 5 | Trumans Send Vase for English Wedding

TPiUMANS SEND VASE FOR ENGLISH WEDDING President and Mrs. Truman's wedding gift to Princess Elizabeth Eliza-beth was received at Buckingham Palace last Saturday a crystal vase of Steuben glass with the centerpiece of its fine engraving depicting a merry-go-round at a country fair. The base is cask-shaped and the engraving was designed by American sculptor Stephen Waugh. Ambassador and Mrs. Lewis W. Douglas, sent a set of 12 Audubon plates of Steuben crystal, each bearing the engraving engrav-ing of an American bird, also done by Waugh. The Buckingham Palace announcement an-nouncement explained that the Trumans and Douglasses selected Steuben glass as an outstanding example of contemporary American Amer-ican fractmanship and design. ; Also made known in London were the following gifts for the Princess, who will be married Nov. 20 to Lt. Philip Mountbatten: , From Portugal, a 30-inch silver flower vase; Burma, a ruby necklace; neck-lace; British Guiana, refined gold valued at $400 to be wrought into jewelry; Bermuda, Bermuda cedar furniture valued at $2,000 and $4,000 worth of food for distribu-' tion to needy families. The Princess and Mountbatten still are househunting and the Daily Mail said they had found a home on a Surrey estate, Windle-sham Windle-sham Moor, owned by Mrs. Warwick War-wick Bryant, formerly Mrs. Phillip Hill, widow of the millionaire financier. fin-ancier. Windlesham Moor, renowned as one of the most beautiful small estates in Surrey, was inspected by the royal couple.