The Family of Rosa Anna Abbott and John Joseph LaValle

EJanice Donley's Dining Room Mantle

Janice Donley's Dining Room Mantle
Janice Donley's's Dining Room Mantle, displaying Abbott and Donley keepsakes. The urns and bisque figurines belonged to Edward and Elizabeth Jacob Abbott. The urns were a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary gift. The mantle clock is from the Abbott farmhouse, possibly purchased by Edward and Elizabeth when they remodeled around 1900. The small monkey carving was Elizabeth Jacob Abbott's. The wall mirror has a reflective coating, SolarCool, invented by Harold LaValle Donley. Janice Donley Collection.