Name/Title
Ahrenfeldt Limoges dinner set of the Peacock family, c. 1880sEntry/Object ID
2017.4.1Description
Acc. No. 17.4.1
Subject Category: Household, utilitarian
Date or Period: circa 1880's
Object: Dinnerware Set
Description: A Limoges china dinnerware set that comprises 83 pieces of white porcelain with a transfer pattern of lavender colored flowers with green leaves; the pieces have handles accentuated in gold. On the bottom of some of the pieces is this information, "1886 - C. Ahrenfeldt Limoges for Ottenheimer Bros. San Francisco Cal" and "France Depos". See illustrations on the back of this card.
History of Object: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Peacock, residents of San Francisco moved to Alameda following the 1906 Earthquake and Fire, and brought with them this porcelain dinnerware set that they purchased in San Francisco from the Ottenheimer Bros. Company.
Acquired from: Gayle Macaites,
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peacock
Date: 01/28/2017
