Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Porcelain tea pot used by the Bálint family when they lived in a yellow star house in Budapest 8th district in German occupied Hungary.
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Akos Gyorgy Balint
Physical Details
- Classification
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Household Utensils
- Category
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Tableware
- Object Type
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Teapots (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- White with pink and green floral border
a: teapot
b: lid - Dimensions
- a: Height: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm) | Depth: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm)
b: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Depth: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) - Materials
- overall : porcelain
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The teapot was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Dr. Akos Gyorgy Balint, the son of Ilona Lévai.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:11:14
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The collection consist of two hats, a muff, and a Star of David badge relating to the experiences of Ilona Lévai and a tea kettle, sugar jar, fork, spoon, and coal iron used by the Bálint family during the Holocaust in Budapest, Hungary.
Date: 1944-1945
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Porcelain sugar bowl used by the Bálint family when they lived in a yellow star house in Budapest 8th district in German occupied Hungary.
Spoon used by a Hungarian Jewish family
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Spoon used by the Bálint family when they lived in a yellow star house in Budapest 8th district in German occupied Hungary.
Fork used by a Hungarian Jewish family
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Fork used by the Bálint family when they lived in a yellow star house in Budapest 8th district in German occupied Hungary.
Iron used by a Hungarian Jewish family
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Coal iron used by the Bálint family when they lived in a yellow star house in Budapest 8th district in German occupied Hungary.
Brown faux fur muff worn by a Hungarian Jewish woman
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Brown faux fur muff worn by Ilona Levai during the the fall/winter 1944-45 in Budapest in German occupied Hungary.
Green corduroy hat worn by a Hungarian Jewish woman
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Green corduroy hat worn by Ilona Levai during the the fall/winter 1944-45 in Budapest in German occupied Hungary.
Black cloth hat worn by a Hungarian Jewish woman
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Black cloth hat worn by Ilona Levai during the the fall/winter 1944-45 in Budapest in German occupied Hungary.
Yellow cloth Jewish star
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Unmarked yellow star of David badge worn by Ilona Lévaiworn by Ilona Levai during the the fall/winter 1944-45 in Budapest in German occupied Hungary.