Sugar and Creamer Set Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
THF801483 / Sugar and Creamer Set Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama
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Artifact Overview
In 2023, The Henry Ford acquired the Selma, Alabama, home of Dr. Sullivan and Richie Jean Sherrod Jackson, where Dr. Martin Luther King and Civil Rights leaders planned the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights marches. The Jackson Home opened in Greenfield Village in 2026. The home and its contents not only document the voting rights struggle but also shed light on 20th-century Black American middle-class life.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Sugar and creamer set
Date Made
1945-1970
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Silver parts manufactured by Farber Brothers of New York, New York. Glass manufactured by Cambridge Glass Works of Cambridge, Ohio.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2023.50.163
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Glass (Material)
Metal
Silver (Metal)
Color
Amber (Color)
Silver (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in (Sugar bowl)
Diameter: 3.25 in (Sugar bowl)
Height: 3.125 in (Creamer)
Diameter: 4 in (Creamer)
Inscriptions
underneath sugar bowl:
[maker's mark] / Farber Bros / New York, N.Y. / Pat. No. 87496 / 1924011
underneath creamer:
[maker's mark] / Farber Bros / New York, N.Y. / Pat. No. 87496 / 1924011
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