Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
1985.048 |
Object Identification Number |
1985.048.010a |
Object Name |
Teapot |
Donor |
Nielsen, Ellen |
Description |
White porcelain teapot with associated lid (1985.048.010b). The teapot has a large handle. Features a pattern called "Det Musselmalede" in Danish and in English is "Blue Lace". |
Dimensions |
H-5.375 W-5.875 inches |
Creation Date |
1911 |
Place Of Origin |
Denmark |
Owned By |
Nielsen, Ellen Jorgensen/Betsinger, Signe T. Nielsen |
Used By |
Nielsen, Ellen Jorgensen/Betsinger, Signe T. Nielsen |
Material |
Porcelain |
Associated People |
Nielsen, Ellen Bestinger, Signe T. Nielsen |
Search Terms |
Nielsen, Ellen Bestinger, Signe T. Nielsen Teapot Tea Pot Ceramic Porcelain Denmark Vejen Jylland Skodborghus Blue Lace Det Musselmalede Det Musselmalet |
Provenance |
Ellen played with these dishes as a child when she lived on a farm named "Skodborghus" which was near "Kongeaaen" (The King River) by the town of Vejen, in Jylland Denmark. Her daughter Signe T. Nielsen Betsinger played with the dishes at the time the family lived in Estherville and Ringsted Iowa. Donor Ellen Nielsen was the daughter of Hans and Signe Jørgensen. The family home was called Skodborghus, in Vejen, Jylland, Denmark. Ellen Haumann Nielsen married another Danish immigrant, William Tronborg Nielsen. William was born in Hoven, Jylland. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1924. Ellen Nielsen immigrated to the U.S. in 1926. She had intended to work in New York City for the housemother at the Columbia University YMCA. However, Ellen's friend, William T. Nielsen (then living in Iowa), offered to find her work in Iowa, and told her if she did not like Iowa he would send her to NYC. Ellen agreed, and William found her a job in Esterville working as a nanny and housemaid for Oscar and Anna Fagre family. Ellen married William on 1 January 1927 (Ellen's immigration and wedding date information from Receipt 99-AR-153). In 1929, Ellen's mother, Signe Jørgensen, immigrated to the U.S. to live with her only living child. They first lived in Little Valley, New York, and later moved to the towns of Estherville and Ringsted, Iowa. Signe had been a widow since her husband's death in 1912. Signe Jorgensen died in March 27, 1957. Signe Jørgensen's sister, Augusta Rasmussen, did not emigrate, but she apparently sent gifts from Denmark. |
Images |
003\1985048010a.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
06/03/1985 |