THREE COPPER AND TIN SWAN MOLDS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, FOR ROSALYNN CARTER AT ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE

THREE COPPER AND TIN SWAN MOLDS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY, FOR ROSALYNN CARTER AT ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE These three tin molds shaped blown-sugar into swans that stood atop a heart shaped cake or as the centerpiece on a plate of petits fours. Chef Mesnier created the ornate cake on one special occasion to celebrate First Lady Rosalynn Carterâ s Motherâ s Day celebration for military wives at Andrews Air Force Base (3) -
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Provenance: Private collection of Former White House Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier. First Lady Rosalynn Carter hired Mesnier, who served 26 years under five presidents: Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. According to Creating the Sweet World of White House Desserts: A Pastry Chef's Secrets, Mesnier created stunning desserts for more than 40 queens, kings, princes, princesses and heads of state.

Literature: Roland Mesnier and Mark Ramsdell, Creating the Sweet World of White House Desserts: A Pastry Chef's Secrets (Washington, D.C.: The White House Historical Association, 2019), pp. 190 and 236.