Child's Cup
Object Details
- Description
- Spun cylindrical child's cup or mug with a hollow, flat-top curved handle and a machine-stamped band patterned with diamonds and milling above the flared base; body has matte surface, while single-bead rim, handle and base are shiny. Engraved on front "W" in script. Underside of flat bottom is struck with three marks: a lion passant facing right in clipped-corner surround, an anchor in a shield, and the raised Old English or gothic letter "G" in a surround; "STERLING" in incuse serif letters; and "O"; incised between marks are "XIV" and "3002".
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Ellen Washington Bellamy
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- date made
- 1882
- ID Number
- DL.60.0991
- catalog number
- 60.0991
- accession number
- 71656
- owner; user
- Washington, Mary Anne Hammond
- maker
- Gorham Manufacturing Company
- Object Name
- mug
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 7.3025 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.35 cm
- place made
- United States: Rhode Island, Providence
- place owned; place used
- United States: Georgia, Macon
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Subject
- Children
- Beverages
- Record ID
- nmah_301005
