Vintage Etched deals Crystal Cologne Bottle with Stopper 8.25" Helm Estate Mary Todd Lincoln Abraham Provenance Letter

deals Beautiful condition etched and engraved crystal cologne bottle with stopper. The bottle reads Cologne on one side and has etched leaf and floral design. A really elaborately designed etched crystal bottle
This peice will come with a letter of provenance as it was a part of the Helm Estate. We have many pieces listed from the Helm estate. Here is your chance to own a piece of history.
Here are some details about the Helm estate.
HISTORY OF EMILIE TODD HELM

Emilie Todd Helm was a notable figure with an interesting historical story to tell. Half sister of Mary Todd, she married Benjamin Hardin Helm in 1856 who would later become a Confederate General. Helm was given command of the First Kentucky Brigade, also called the "Orphan Brigade", and was killed at the Battle of Chickamauga. Widowed, Emilie was then invited to spend the winter of 1863-64 with the Lincoln's in the White House.

This proved to be controversial as Emilie was a Confederate, and was called "The Rebel in the White House". Later disputes between Emilie and the Lincoln's led to a falling out and they would cease communication.

Emilie returned and lived for many years in Elizabethtown, but in 1912, Benjamin Hardin Helm Jr., fulfilling a pledge to bring his mother home to Lexington, bought Cedar Hall as it sat on ground once owned by General Levi Todd, Emilie's grandfather. She lived there until her death in 1930.

KATHERINE HELM

Emilie's daughter Katherine also lived at Helm Place with her mother, and she was a noted artist working mostly in oils.