Name/Title
Stephans Porcelain sugar and creamer set with lavender violets and gold accents, c. 1920sEntry/Object ID
1996.310.1Description
ACC. NO. 96.310.1 A, B
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1920's
OBJECT:
A. CREAMER
B. SUGAR BOWL & COVER
DESCRIPTION:
SUGAR AND CREAMER SET. HAND-PAINTED DESIGN CONSISTS OF LAVENDER VIOLETS, WITH LEAVES ON A SHADED LAVENDER AND GREEN BACKGROUND. HANDLES ARE PAINTED IN GOLD. PORCELAIN IS UNMARKED; SIGNATURE OF "C. STEPHANS" APPEARS ON THE BOTTOMS OF BOTH PIECES.
A. CREAMER IS OBLONG-SHAPED.
SIZE: H 3" X W 5"
B. COVERED SUGAR BOWL IS ALSO OBLONG-SHAPED.
SIZE: H 3" X W 6-1/2"
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
SUGAR BOWL AND CREAMER SET BELONGED TO RUDOLPH AND DOROTHY NOLTHEN IUS, PARENTS OF THE DONOR. RUDOLPH CAME TO ALAMEDA WITH HIS FAMILY IN 1907, FOLLOWING THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE. THEY RESIDED IN SAN FRANCISCO PRIOR TO MOVING TO ALAMEDA. RUDOLPH WAS GRADUATED FROM ALAMEDA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1914, AND WAS EMPLOYED BY THE CITIZENS BANK, WHICH LATER BECAME BANK OF ITALY (NOW BANK OF AMERICA), FOR MANY YEARS. HE MARRIED DOROTHY IN 1921 OR 1922. THEY WERE LONGTIME RESIDENTS OF ALAMEDA, CA.
ACQUIRED FROM:
DAVE AND LORI NOLTHENIUS
DATE: AUGUST 31, 1996
