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Donor

Alma de Bretteville Spreckels Awl

1881–1968 · United States

Philanthropist. Lived at San Francisco. Gave to California Palace of the Legion of Honor; acted for Queen of Greece (donor credit, FAMSF 1925).

Connections

1 person

Sales, gifts & bequests

Colleagues & contacts

Objects

  • Cypriot vases and terracottas (askoi, spindle bottles, jugs, alabastra, juglets etc.): all the Cypriot objects catalogued from the Legion of Honor except no. 35

    California Palace of the Legion of Honor (now Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco) CPLH 1924.9; 1925.17; 1925.18; 1925.346 and 1925.346.3-.25; 1925.351; 1925.361; 1925.369; 1925.377; 1925.379; 1925.390; 1925.394; 1925.402; 1925.402bis; 1925.404; 1925.405; 1925.407; 1965.2291924–1925Karageorghis & Amyx 1974

Sources

  1. 1.V. Karageorghis, D. A. Amyx (1974). Cypriote Antiquities in San Francisco Bay Area Collections. Göteborg.
  2. 2.Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Online collection records 1925.346.3, 1925.346.4, 1925.17 (Queen of Greece).
  3. 3.“Alma de Bretteville Spreckels (1881-1968), American philanthropist”. Wikidata / GND / ULAN. Online