Set Glass and Silver Plated Cups, Saucers, and Spoons with Red Stones

Glassware

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L.T. Jordan Institute for International Awareness

Set of tea cups given to Mrs. Jessie Jordan by the wife of the Ruler of Kuwait in 1977.: Image of the set of 12 glass and silver plated cups inlaid with red stones, 12 silver saucers, and 12 silver spoons. The end of the spoons have the royal crest.
Set of tea cups given to Mrs. Jessie Jordan by the wife of the Ruler of Kuwait in 1977.

Image of the set of 12 glass and silver plated cups inlaid with red stones, 12 silver saucers, and 12 silver spoons. The end of the spoons have the royal crest.

Name/Title

Set Glass and Silver Plated Cups, Saucers, and Spoons with Red Stones

Entry/Object ID

JI2025000340

Description

Set 12 glass and silver plated cups inlaid with red stones, 12 silver saucers, and 12 silver spoons. The end of the spoons have the royal crest and the glasses are for hot tea. The set was made in Czechoslovakia by Bohemia Glass.

Context

The tea set were given to Mrs. Jessie Jordan by the wife of the Ruler of Kuwait in 1977. The Emir of Kuwait from 1965-1977 was Sheikh Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, so the gift likely came from his wife.

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Czechoslovakia

Continent

Europe

Parts

Count

36

Parts

12 cups; 12 saucers; 12 spoons