Name/Title
Vase with Silver-plated art-nouveau frame, c. early 1900sEntry/Object ID
1994.48.1Description
ACC. NO. 94.48.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD, DECORATIVE
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA EARLY 1900's
OBJECT: VASE (CENTERPIECE)
DESCRIPTION:
OBLONG-SHAPED VASE, WITH SILVER-PLATED FRAME. LINER OF CLEAR GLASS IS REMOVABLE. THE SILVER-PLATED SECTION RESTS ON FOUR FEET, AND HAS ATTACHED HANDLES AND APPLIED FLOWERS, ENTWINING STEMS, AND TENDRILS IN THE ART NOUVEAU STYLE. VASE CENTERPIECE WAS MANUFACTURED IN AUSTRIA.
SIZE: L 23" X W 13"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
VASE THAT BELONGED TO EMMA YOUNG, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA, CA.
EMMA YOUNG WAS BORN IN PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND IN 1893. SHE WAS 16 WHEN SHE LEFT ENGLAND FOR AMERICA; BRAVED THE OCEAN; TRAVELED ALONE. HER PARENTS AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS WERE ALREADY LIVING IN THE US of A. EMMA ARRIVED HERE IN 1915 DURING THE WORLD'S FAIR. SHE RESIDED WITH JENNIE GROLERE, AN AUNT, ON ST CHARLES ST, ALAMEDA. LATER SHE LEFT ALAMEDA AND MOVED TO NEW YORK. RETURNED TO ALAMEDA; MARRIED JAMES YOUNG, NEPHEW OF DR YOUNG (OF WALNUT ST, ALAMEDA). IN THE INTERIM, HER AUNT'S PROPERTY WAS CONDEMNED FOR THE EXPANSION OF MASTICK SCHOOL. AUNT JENNIE GROLERE PURCHASED PROPERTY @ 2137 SAN JOSE AVE. AUNT DIED IN 1930, THE PROPERTY WAS WILLED TO EMMA, AND SHE RESIDED THERE UNTIL HER DEATH. EMMA BORE TWO SONS: JAMES AND WILLIAM. MRS HARRISON WAS A NEIGHBOR.
DONORS:
PHIL DEPIETRO
DIANE RODRIQUES
DATE: DECEMBER 24, 1994
