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SERVICE, TEA
[Food Service Tools and Equipment]


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Accession Number: 2010.59.1

Physical Description: This silver tea set was given to Reverend Joseph E. and Nancy Jane (McPherson) Hopkins for their 25th wedding anniversary in 1903. The couple moved to Kansas from Illinois in the late 1870s. Their religious service took them to a number of churches around the state. In 1903, they served at the Methodist Church in Sedan, Kansas, where church members presented them with this tea service for their silver wedding anniversary. The set may have been used the following year when the Hopkins hosted temperance advocate Carry A. Nation for lunch at their home.

History of Object: This silver tea set was given to Reverend Joseph E. and Nancy Jane (McPherson) Hopkins for their 25th wedding anniversary in 1903. Joseph and Nancy were married in Illinois in 1878, then moved to Kansas where they served churches throughout the state. In 1903 they were serving the Methodist Church in Sedan, Kansas, when church members presented this tea service to them for their silver (25th) wedding anniversary. The set may have been used the following year when the Hopkins hosted temperance advocate Carrie A. Nation for lunch at their home.

Date: 1903

Dimensions (in cm): .1) H: 20 cm W: 22.5 cm (includes handle and spout) D: 12.5 cm .2a) H:12.2 W: 13 cm D: 13 cm .2b) H: 3.7 cm W: 16.1 cm D: 16.1 cm .2c) H: 0.6 cm W: 12.8 cm D: 12.8 cm .3) H: 9.6 cm W: 16.7 cm (includes handles) D: 7.9 cm .4a) H: 10.5 cm W: 17 cm (includes handles) D: 9 cm .4b) H: 7 cm W: 7.2 cm D: 7.2 cm .5) H: 10.3 cm W: 14.7 cm (includes handle and spouts) D: 8.3 cm

Marks/Inscriptions: [maker's mark on bottom of .1, .2b, .3, .4a, .5] FORBES SILVER CO. / QUADRUPLE / 177 // [engraved on one side of each piece] 1878 // [engraved on opposite side of each piece] 1903 //

Index Terms

Associations and Subjects

    Use, Place of: Sedan (Kan.)
    Origin, Place of: Meriden (Conn.)
    Theme/topic: Weddings
    Theme/topic: Religion
    Theme/topic: Anniversaries
    Business / Organization: Sedan Methodist Church (Sedan, Kan.)
    Individual: Hopkins, Nancy Jane McPherson, 1855-1943
    Individual: Hopkins, Joseph Elton, 1855-1941
    Individual: Nation, Carry Amelia, 1846-1911
    Use, Place of: Chautauqua County (Kan.)

Creators and Contributors

    Forbes Silver Company

Status: Cataloged

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