Silver Coffee Service with Gold Rose Inlay

Object/Artifact

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L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness

Silver coffee service with yellow gold rose inlay given to Mrs. Jessie Jordan by Mrs. Al-Ghanim: Image of the coffee service. It has one coffee pot, one small urn-shaped jar for holding sugar, one round incense burner on a round footed tray, one tall rosewater sprinkler, one large rectangular tray, and eight small porcelain and gold cups. All of the pieces, except the cups, are silver with gold rose decals. The cups are porcelain with gold on the outside and lining the inside rim.
Silver coffee service with yellow gold rose inlay given to Mrs. Jessie Jordan by Mrs. Al-Ghanim

Image of the coffee service. It has one coffee pot, one small urn-shaped jar for holding sugar, one round incense burner on a round footed tray, one tall rosewater sprinkler, one large rectangular tray, and eight small porcelain and gold cups. All of the pieces, except the cups, are silver with gold rose decals. The cups are porcelain with gold on the outside and lining the inside rim.

Name/Title

Silver Coffee Service with Gold Rose Inlay

Entry/Object ID

JI2025000337

Description

Engraved silver coffee service with yellow gold rose inlay. The coffee service has one coffee pot, one small urn-shaped jar for holding sugar, one round incense burner on a round footed tray, one tall rosewater sprinkler, one large rectangular tray, and eight small porcelain and gold cups. There is no milk pitcher as Arabian coffee is normally drunk black with lots of sugar.

Context

The silver coffee service with the yellow gold rose inlay was made especially for Mrs. Jessie Jordan by Mrs. Al-Ghanim, wife of the founder of joint stock company Al-Ghanim Industries, in 1977 in Kuwait. Mrs. Al-Ghanim had instructed the gold and silversmiths to make the service of sterling and inlay it with the Yellow Rose of Texas, however, he did not know what it looked like and used the Yellow Rose of Sharon instead.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Kuwait

Continent

Asia

Parts

Count

13

Parts

1 coffee server; 1 small urn-shaped container; 1 large rectangular tray; 1 small round footed tray; 1 round incense burner; 8 porcelain and gold cups