Title

Box containing a Kitchen Serving Set - (kitchen towels, salt/pepper shakers, for & salad tongs), Lorraine Coller, Shakopee, 1965

Creation Date

1965 – 1975

Description

Kitchen set given to Lorraine J. Coller of Shakopee as a wedding gift when she married Michael Boyle. The set consists of a box containing two kitchen towels, salt and pepper shakers, and matching fork and spoon salad tongs. The box is thin cardboard covered with paper. The lid has a multi-colored plaid pattern with an image of a decorative white serving dish and the text "Decorative Ensemble". The interior of the box base contains a fitted cardboard insert with illustrations of kitchen-related items, maker's marks and text describing the box's contents. Placed within the insert are the wooden shakers and matching wooden fork and spoon. Flanking the insert are two white cotton kitchen towels decorated with green, yellow and orange stripes and green, yellow and orange illustrations of fruit bowls. Pieces are unused and housed in their original packaging.

Geographic Notes

California