Cocktail Cup
date: label: date made
content: 1924 - 1925
label: used date
content: 1920 - 1950
name: label: maker
content: Bernard Rice's Sons, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This set of eight stemmed cups accompanied the cocktail shaker also seen in the exhibit. They feature the same hammered effect and are made of silver. The cups are noticeably worn, perhaps from extensive use during Prohibition, a time when alcohol was outlawed in the name of social reform. Although making, selling, and transporting alcohol were illegal consuming it was not, and people devised many ways to continue this pastime.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place used
content: United States: Maryland, Mount Victoria
topic: label: Subject
content: Beverages
label: Subject
content: Cocktails
label: Subject
content: Drinking
label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: Prohibition
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Domestic Furnishings
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Sewer, Andy; Allison, David; Liebhold, Peter; Davis, Nancy; Franz, Kathleen G.. American Enterprise: A History of Business in America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Martha M. Patrick
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0954.08
label: accession number
content: 1980.0954
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0954.08
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cup, cocktail
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: nickel silver, electroplated (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: cup, stemmed: 12.5 cm x 8.2 cm; 4 15/16 in x 3 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 3 1/4 in; 12.7 cm x 8.255 cm