Sugar Bowl and Creamer Set Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama

THF372053 / Sugar Bowl and Creamer Set Used by the Jackson Family, Selma, Alabama / view
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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

circa 1958

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2023.50.182.2

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Silver (Metal)
Copper (Metal)

Color

Silver (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 2.25 in (Sugar bowl)
Width: 3.5 in (Sugar bowl)
Length: 2.75 in (Sugar bowl)
Height: 2.25 in (Creamer)
Width: 5 in (Creamer)
Length: 3.25 in (Creamer)

Inscriptions

underneath: Trademark / [crown maker mark] / 1883 / FB ROGERS SILVER CO / Silver on Copper
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