Mug
date: label: date made
content: ca 1795
notes: label: Description
content: Raised bulbous or bellied cann or mug inscribed on front "A. M. Kirkland / to / W. H. Day" in engraved script. Applied reeded molding on the flared rim, rounded bottom, and cast flared circular foot. Hollow, double C-scroll handle has a scrolled acanthus leaf on top and a split scroll lower terminal; short oval struts and attachments. Bottom underside struck at center "C.Wiltberger" in raised roman letters in a conforming surround. No centerpoint. One of two canns, DL*60.3903A-B.
label: Description
content: Maker is Christian Wiltberger (1766-1851) of Philadelphia, PA; working by 1793 (when partnership with Samuel Alexander dissolved) until 1817.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Colonel William E. Shipp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3903A
label: catalog number
content: 60.3903A
label: accession number
content: 226997
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cann
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/8 in x 4 7/8 in x 3 in; 13.0175 cm x 12.3825 cm x 7.62 cm