Ira Jacobson, age 17, in the U.S. Navy.

Tillie Jacobson in the store’s early days.

Building a Brielle Galleries storefront that would rival any Fifth Avenue boutique.

From left: Pierre Matisse, Eleanor Kuta, and Alan Gershwin at a dinner honoring Ira Jacobson and his friend, restaurateur Joe Amiel.

The Brielle Galleries staff would regularly get together and socialize.

Mrs. Emlen Roosevelt; Ira Jacobson; Lisa Jacobson; and Emlen Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s nephew at the first Brielle Galleries outdoor event.

Carolyn Langdon holding a Boehm bird.

Luca Buccellati, owner of Buccellati Silver at Brielle Galleries’ Buccellati show.

A Master Engraver of Waterford Crystal carves his signature on a piece he designed during a Brielle Galleries event.

Spanish Flamenco dancers provide entertainment at a Lladró show at Brielle Galleries.

Lord Piers Wedgwood at a Waterford-Wedgwood event at Brielle Galleries.

Bronn porcelain sculpture, “Into the Silence,” which was given as a gift to President Ronald Reagan by Leaders Magazine.

Helene Jacobson at a fundraiser at the Garden State Arts Center.

Family portrait, from left, Ira, Lisa, Dan, and Helene Jacobson.

Georgette Mosbacher and Helene Jacobson with Helene’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Kalmen Motiuk at a Brielle Galleries event. (1990)

A spectacular perfume flacon produced by Boehm for eorgette Mosbacher’s perfume, One Perfect Rose.

A spectacular perfume flacon produced by Boehm for Georgette Mosbacher’s perfume, One Perfect Rose.

The gorgeous interior of Brielle Galleries.

Restaurateur Joe Amiel and actor Danny Aiello at Monmouth Park Charity fundraiser.

Hillary Clinton receives the Theo Fabergé White House egg, a gift from the Congressional Club at the annual First Ladies Luncheon. (2000)

Ira Jacobson and President Zalman Shazar of Israel at the presentation of the porcelain sculpture at the President’s new home in Jerusalem. (1972)

Crystal sculpture made in honor of 9/11 by Waterford artisans.

Opera singer Jerome Hines performs on the Brielle Galleries parking lot.

The Steuben gallery at Brielle Galleries—one of the select Steuben dealers in the country—designed by the Steuben architect.

From left: At a Cybis show, Joseph and Marilyn Chorlton, owners of Cybis; Jean Wrightson, philanthropist and part of the family that owned A&P supermarkets; Ira Jacobson; Marie White, co-founder of the Monmouth Park Charity Fund.

Maestro Alfredo Silipigni, of the New Jersey State Opera and his wife, Gloria; Tony Randall and Helene Jacobson at a Brielle Galleries event that benefited the Theatre Museum for the City of New York.

Helene Jacobson; Lucinda Robb, Lynda Johnson Robb, daughter of President Lyndon B. Johnson; artist Edna Hibel; and Ira Jacobson at a Brielle Galleries show for the National Archives.

From left, Lucinda and Governor James Florio; Helen Boehm; and Mrs. Jehan Sadat at the 40th anniversary celebration for Boehm and Brielle Galleries. (1990)

Presentation of a donation to New York Police and Fire Widows’ and Children’s Benefit Fund at Gracie Mansion with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and baseball great Rusty Staub in attendance. (2003)