Name/Title
Luncheon set with apple blossoms, Jorgensen, c. 1930Entry/Object ID
2001.147.28Description
ACC. NO. 01.147.28 A, B, C
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES; HOUSEHOLD,
DECORATIVE
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1930
OBJECT: LUNCHEON SET
DESCRIPTION: PORCELAIN LUNCHEON SET, CONSISTING OF PLATE, CUP, AND SAUCER. ALL THREE PIECES (A, B, AND C) DISPLAY HAND-PAINTED APPLE BLOSSOMS IN PINK AND LAVENDER COLORS IN A PALE GREEN-COLORED BACKGROUND. INTERIOR OF CUP AND THE BORDERS OF BOTH THE PLATE AND SAUCER ARE IN A RAINBOW IRIDESCENT RINSE. PORCELAIN PIECES ARE MARKED, "THOMAS, BAVARIA. D & B, GERMANY." PLATE AND SAUCER ARE SIGNED, "JORGENSEN."
HISTORY OF OBJECTS: LUNCHEON SET FROM THE STUDIO OF M. M. JORGENSEN ON WEBSTER STREET, ALAMEDA. THE COMPANY ALSO OPERATED A BUSINESS IN OAKLAND.
DONOR: JUNE HANLY
CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 22, 2001
