sterling silver coffee tea set jewish historical 1917 6 piece set awarded to David M. Bressler IRO 4229.6 gr Start Price USD 5,000.00 Current Price USD 5,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, August 28, 2008 End Time Thursday, September 04, 2008 Location mesa, arizona See more about 'sterling silver coffee tea set jewish historical 1917' Description This is a stunning Jewish Historic heritage sterling silver alvin tea coffee set. This set is a one of a kind. After extensive research we have been able to determine this set is a major part of history. This set was presented in 1917 to David M. Bressler, upon his retirement as the General Manager of the Industrial Removal Office (IRO). The Industrial Removal Office was founded in 1901, in an effort to enhance Jewish immigrants' standard of living and employment oppurtunities. The IRO worked to help immigrants locate to smaller communities to get out of the congestion of New York City. In the IRO's first year they succeeded in relocating nearly 2000 jewish immigrants to 250 different places throughout the United States. When placed in the different locations, the immigrants were then assisted in starting different occupations and trades. There were 390 different variations of occupations and trades. A major succes of the IRO was to encourage diverse occupations. When the financial panic began in 1907 (the beginning of the Great Depression) the demand for laborers decreased sharply, causing many IRO city offices to suspend their operations. David M. Bressler organized new offices in Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Spokane, and other cities, that were not as affected by the depression.  With the onset of World War 1, the IRO was struggling to place immigrants. The IRO preserved it's organazation throughout the war, but in it's struggle to place as many immigrants as had happened in past years, they began to have a financial decline, and in 1922 formerly dissovled. David M. Bressler, ended his service with the IRO in 1917, and was given in appreciation this tea/coffee set, which we now have up for auction. This set needs to find a safe and respectable home.  Waiters tray, weighs 5 pounds, 22" x 15" -  engraving says - "presented to David M. Bressler upon his retirement as general manager of the Industrial Removal Office Where he won the love of his associates and the respect of all who are interested in the welfare of the immigrants 1917" Coffee Decanter, weighs 1 pound, 10.5" x 10" - monogrammed "B" Tea Decanter, weighs 1 pound, 9.5" x 11" - monogrammed "B" Covered sugar jar, weighs 0.8 pound, 7 3/4" x 7 1/4" - monogrammed "B" Creamer, weighs 0.2 pound, 6.5" x 5 3/4" - monogrammed "B" waste container, weighs 0.4 pound, 4" x 5 1/4" - monogrammed "B" All pieces are sterling silver, and have Alvin, or the Alvin logo stamped on the bottom, measurements are height x width.   To get more information on David M. Bressler, or the IRO, follow the links listed below:  http://findingaids.cjh.org/?fnm=NAJSW2&pnm=AJHS http://www.historyforsale.com/html/prodetails.asp?documentid=91569&start=1 http://www.sephardicstudies.org/oriental.html . Place a Bid!