Name/Title
Cloisonne enameled Ashtray with flower motif of the Clinton family, c. 1920s-1930sEntry/Object ID
1994.42.24Description
Acc. No. 94.42.24
Subject Category: Household
Date or Period: c. 1920's - 30's
Object: Ashtray
Description:
Circular shaped ashtray of cloisonné enameling with decorative motif of polychrome flowers on a stylized gold colored background. Brass rim. Underside is turquoise blue signed, "China" in red.
Size: D-3 1/4"
History of Object: Ashtray belonging to the Clinton family, early African-American family of Alameda.
Acquired from: Albert Stefani,
Date: 11-19-1994Interpretative Labels
Label
7/12/2020 MvL: current label in display cabinet:
EARLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN
RESIDENTS OF ALAMEDA
Photographs and other objects from the Clinton family that settled here in 1889. In 1912 they purchased their own residence on Morton St.
