Mug
date: label: date made
content: 1849
notes: label: Description
content: Spun bulbous or bellied cann or mug inscribed on front "WAC / to / RD" in engraved foliate script. Molded rim, rounded bottom, and molded, circular foot. Hollow, double C-scroll handle has flat sides and creased face; sprigged upper terminal is attached to rim and lower terminal is an abbreviated split scroll. Bottom underside struck with two marks next to centerpoint, a combined mark of "G / & / H" in a vertical oval above a circle and "1 / 4 9 / 8" in a diamond or lozenge below and "G & H" in a rectangle, all in raised serif letters.
label: Description
content: Maker is Gale & Hayden (William Gale Sr. and Nathaniel Hayden) of New York, NY; in partnership, 1846-1850.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of the Misses Long
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.59.2281
label: catalog number
content: 59.2281
label: accession number
content: 113420
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cann
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/8 in x 5 1/4 in x 3 3/4 in; 16.1925 cm x 13.335 cm x 9.525 cm