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Somerville Pinkney Tuck Diplomat Sterling Box

Currency:USD Category:American Indian Art Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Somerville Pinkney Tuck Diplomat Sterling Box
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Presentation box. Presented to Somerville Pinkney "Kippy" Tuck by the Buenos Aires Embassy. 343 grams without the inserts. 6 7/8" by 8" by 1 3/4" tall. Made by Mappin & Webb. "Kippy" Tuck was born on May 3, 1891, in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. Upon his graduation from Dartmouth, he joined the diplomatic service of the U.S. Department of State. Early in his career, in the early 1920s Tuck was the American Consul at Vladivostok. In 1932, during the recess of the World Disarmament Conference in Geneva that Tuck was attending as an expert to the American delegation, he was designated first secretary of the legation at Prague, cancelling earlier plans to appoint him first secretary of the legation at Budapest. Tuck, during World War II, was the Foreign Service Officer who served as Chargé d'affaires to Vichy France until France severed diplomatic relations with the U.S. on November 8, 1942. After leaving that post, Tuck became the last envoy and first United States Ambassador to Egypt being appointed by President Roosevelt on May 4, 1944. He presented his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on June 14, 1944. Upon the legation being raised to Embassy status, he was appointed the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Egypt on September 19, 1946, presenting his credentials on October 10, 1946, serving until he left his post on May 30, 1948. Tuck was "well regarded in Cairo for his ability to speak Egyptian and Arabic fluently and for his talents as a raconteur. He went shopping in the bazaars on his own and excited comment by bargaining with merchants in their own language." After retiring from government service, he served on the board of directors of the Suez Canal in the 1950s.