Name/Title
Wedding Gift Tea Set of Dorothy and Keith Massingill from Ben Kopf, 1952Entry/Object ID
2008.2.1Description
ACC. NO. 08.2.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD
DATE OR PERIOD: 1952
OBJECTS: TEA SET
DESCRIPTION: TEA SET, CONSISTING OF 4 CUPS, 4 SAUCERS, 4 DESSERT PLATES, ONE TEA POT, A SUGAR & CREAMER SET.
THE AMERICAN MANUFACTURED PORCELAIN TEA SET WAS MANUFACTURED BY THE RANSGIL CHINA CO., IN THE COLONIAL PATTERN. DESIGN CONSISTS OF AN IRIDESCENT RINSE ON A CREAM-COLORED BACKGROUND WITH A DECORATIVE DESIGN IN SILVER. THE DESIGN IS ALSO REPEATED ON THE RIMS OF VARIOUS PIECES OF PORCELAIN, INCLUDING THE TEAPOT AND SPOUT. IN SOME CASES, THE BASE HAS AN INSCRIPTION, "MARCH 9, 1952 FROM ETHEL AND BEN."
HISTORY OF OBJECTS: TEA SET WAS PRESENTED AS A WEDDING GIFT TO DOROTHY (COLER-DARK ) AND KEITH MASSINGILL, MARCH 9, 1952 FROM ETHEL AND BEN KOPF. MR. KOPF WAS A CONTRACTOR BY PROFESSION AND SOLD A HOME WHICH HE HAD BUILT FOR MR. AND MRS. MASSINGILL AT 1808 PACIFIC AVENUE, ALAMEDA, IN 1930 OR 1931; THE HOME WAS OCCUPIED FOR MANY YEARS. THE LATE MR. MASSINGILL WAS THE GRANDFATHER OF THE DONOR. MR. AND MRS. KOPF SUBSEQUENTLY PRESENTED THE TEA SET TO THE MASSINGILLS. MR. KOPF HAD A LONG PERIOD OF PRODUCTIVITY IN HIS PROFESSION.
DONORS: ALLAN MASSINGILL AND ANN BRACCI
CATALOGED: JANUARY 19, 2008
