Name/Title
Jorgensen porcelain cup and saucer with a pine cone, c. 1920Entry/Object ID
2002.70.1Description
ACC. NO. 02.70.1 A, B.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: ARTISTS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1920
OBJECT: CUP AND SAUCER
DESCRIPTION:
HAND-PAINTED CUP AND SAUCER OF GERMAN PORCELAIN. PORCELAIN IS MARKED, "D & B." PAINTED DESIGN CONSISTS OF A BROWN-COLORED PINE CONE ON A DARK BROWN-COLORED BACKGROUND, SHADING TO YELLOW. RIMS AND HANDLE ARE ACCENTUATED IN GOLD. SIGNED, "JORGENSEN."
HISTORY OF OBJECTS:
CUP AND SAUCER FROM THE HUSBAND-AND-WIFE BUSINESS KNOWN AS "JORGENSEN," LOCATED ON WEBSTER STREET, ALAMEDA. THE JORGENSENS SIGNED THEIR PORCELAIN PIECES. HOWEVER, THEY WERE PAINTED BY LOCAL HOUSEWIVES WHO WERE COMMISSIONED TO PAINT SPECIFIC PIECES BY THE JORGENSEN COUPLE. MORE INFORMATION IS NEEDED.
DONOR: ALAMEDA MUSEUM ACQUISITION FUND
CATALOGED: MAY 11, 2002
