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Antique Questions Forum / Re: German Desk Set
« on: August 14, 2009, 12:42:40 pm »
Here goes,
A bit of history on these peices and a bit of a long story and I hope you all don't mind reading it. I spoke with my ex mother-in-law. When she came over from Switzerland, with an army man she met in France and soon married, during the war, she got a job here in Kansas City as the housekeeper for a family named Rosenberg (sp). The Rosenbergs's went on to be quite a wealthy Jewish family here in town and eventually owning the Kansas City Kings, an NBA team. Mr. Rosenberg's Grandmother, who, from what I can gather, came here in the late 1800's was married to a man of modest means. She wanted more and alledgely had an affair with a wealthy man here in Kansas City. Name not known. (Perhaps Bernstein?) When she died, most of her estate, since Mr. Rosenberg had passed on, went to the wife of Mr. Rosenberg , who my ex mother-in-law worked for. After years of the bulk of the estate setting in the basement, my ex mother-in-law was instructed to bag it up and take it all to the thrift store. But not before being told she could have what she wanted of it. She happened to grab this set, because HER Grandmother had a similar set, minus the candlesticks. To her it was sentimental. She also got several other peices that I am trying to get more info on. I will post about some of thee other items as they come available.
A bit of history on these peices and a bit of a long story and I hope you all don't mind reading it. I spoke with my ex mother-in-law. When she came over from Switzerland, with an army man she met in France and soon married, during the war, she got a job here in Kansas City as the housekeeper for a family named Rosenberg (sp). The Rosenbergs's went on to be quite a wealthy Jewish family here in town and eventually owning the Kansas City Kings, an NBA team. Mr. Rosenberg's Grandmother, who, from what I can gather, came here in the late 1800's was married to a man of modest means. She wanted more and alledgely had an affair with a wealthy man here in Kansas City. Name not known. (Perhaps Bernstein?) When she died, most of her estate, since Mr. Rosenberg had passed on, went to the wife of Mr. Rosenberg , who my ex mother-in-law worked for. After years of the bulk of the estate setting in the basement, my ex mother-in-law was instructed to bag it up and take it all to the thrift store. But not before being told she could have what she wanted of it. She happened to grab this set, because HER Grandmother had a similar set, minus the candlesticks. To her it was sentimental. She also got several other peices that I am trying to get more info on. I will post about some of thee other items as they come available.
