Object Record
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Metadata
Accession number |
2019.001 |
Object Identification Number |
2019.001.010 |
Object Name |
Spoon, Commemorative |
Donor |
Beall, Karen |
Description |
Small commemorative spoon. Short with wide bowl portion. The end of the handle has a shield shape with a crown at the top. Below is "DANMARK". Inside the shield are two viking ships. On back of the handle are three maker's marks. The top is two towers and the bottom is a "P". |
Dimensions |
W-1.75 L-3.875 inches |
Creation Date |
ca. 1937 |
Place Of Origin |
likely Denmark |
Owned By |
Friedmann, Karen Juul Vejlo/Friedmann, Herbert |
Used By |
Friedmann, Karen Juul Vejlo/Friedmann, Herbert |
Material |
metal |
Associated People |
Friedmann, Karen Juul Vejlo Friedmann, Herbert |
Search Terms |
Friedmann, Karen Juul Vejlo Friedmann, Herbert wedding viking ship |
Given In Memory Of |
In Memory of Karen Juul Vejlø Friedmann |
Provenance |
The flatware were wedding gifts from Danish family members for the donor's parents. They were married May 8, 1937. PROVENANCE: Donor: Karen Alice Friedmann Beall Donor's mother: Karen Juul Vejlo Friedmann (husband: Herbert) Donor's grandmother: Karen Hansine Vejlø (husband: Albert) Karen Alice Friedmann Beall: Beall was born April 15, 1938. Karen Juul Vejlo Friedmann: Friedmann was born in Denmark on March 8, 1907, came to the United States in 1936 and was at Grand View College (now University) in Des Moines while deciding about schooling. She returned in 1936 with a research grant in economics to study New Deal policies in this country. She was based at Brookings in Washington D.C. It was during that year that she met and married her American husband, Herbert Friedmann. Friedmann was Assistant Branch Chief, European Division, at the Department of Agriculture, and was there for approximately 20 years. When her husband became a museum director in Los Angeles, California, she went to work for Stanford University Food Research Institute on a 2/3 time basis, commuting to Palo Alto from Los Angeles. During this period she published, and after retirement continued to do small research projects and publish articles. She enjoyed needlework as well. Friedmann died May 14, 2004. |
Images |
307\2019001010.JPG |
Date Received by Museum |
01/28/2019 |