Name/Title
Five-piece desk set of the Blake-Dyer family, early 1900sEntry/Object ID
1995.148.44Description
Acc. No. 95.148.44, A thru E
Subject Category: HOUSEHOLD
Date or Period.: EARLY 1900's
Object: FIVE-PIECE DESK SET (ITEMS A THRU E)
Description:
FIVE-PIECE DESK SET, CONSISTING OF:
A. LETTER HOLDER; B. INK WELL; C. STAMP HOLDER: D. PAPER BLOTTER; E. LETTER OPENER. PAPER BLOTTER IS OF AN UNDETERMINED METAL WITH BRONZE FINISH. DECORATIVE DESIGNS CONSIST OF LEAVES TIED WITH BOWS. INKWELL HAS A HINGED LID WHICH COVERS A WHITE OPALESCENT GLASS INSERT. BASE OF INK WELL IS SIGNED, "J. B. 842." LETTER OPENER OF ORNATE SHAPE WITH BEADING AND MATCHING DESIGN; POSSIBLY BRASS WITH BRONZE FINISH.
History of Object:
DESK SET FROM THE BLAKE-DYER RESIDENCE, CLINTON AVENUE, ALAMEDA, CA.
Acquired from:
DOPOTHY R DYER
Date: JUNE 17, 1995
