Name/Title
Japanese Porcelain sugar bowl of the Clinton family, c. 1920sEntry/Object ID
1994.42.13Description
Acc. No. 94.42.13
Subject Category: Household
Date or Period: c. 1920's
Object: Sugar bowl
Description:
Porcelain sugar bowl with finial removable lid in a blue transfer design of phoenix bird and flowers on a white background. Signed on base, "Nippon" and Japanese characters.
Size: H-4 1/2" x W-5"
History of Object: Sugar bowl that belonged to the Clinton family, early African-American residents of the city.
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.
