Set of Six Napkins

Georgia

About 1930

  • Titles Set of Six Napkins (Descriptive)
  • Medium linen; lace
  • Dimensions each: 13 1/2 × 12 in. (34.3 × 30.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. James Meissner, 1991.1232.1-.6
  • Work Type napkins
  • Classification Tools & Equipment

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Coffee and tea service consisting of (.1) coffee pot, (.2) teapot, (.3) creamer, and (.4a-b) covered sugar, each completely covered with a repoussé pattern of leaves and flowers in the Rococo-revival style, the lidded coffee pot of pear shape with curved spout, S-scroll handle insulated with ivory, domed lid and flower finial, the lidded teapot globular with curved spout, C-scroll handle insulated with ivory, and flower finial, the creamer also globular with scrolled handle and beak-shaped spout, the covered sugar with two scrolled handles and flower finial, each piece on slender stepped foot and engraved on base with the initials "GJH" for "Gena Jones Holt"
Champagne flute with large, conical bowl of reddish-pink glass that fades toward the stem, with slight fluting and a series of black dots that become more elongated as they near the stem, the stem green-blue and the round foot of clear glass, the overall effect resembles a watermelon.
Red, white, and blue ladders quilt.
Pine Burr/Cockleburr/Petal/Pine Cone quilt, very old and heavy