Mug
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
label: date made
content: 1880 - 1890
notes: label: Description
content: Cylindrical child's cup or mug symmetrically engraved with curved leafy sprigs forming a wreath at front containing the stamped letters "J.H.C."; a perched bird and flowers extend around sides. Bracket handle with beaded vertical bar, square in section, topped by a closed-leaf finial and C scroll terminals attached to shaped plates; applied cabled rim and foot ring; and flat bottom. Bottom underside struck with four marks, a five-petaled flower; the Old English or gothic letters "W", "W", and "H", in separate shaped surrounds; the raised serif letter "S" in a rounded-corner surround; and the raised serif letters "EP" crowned in a shield.
label: Description
content: Maker is W. W. Harrison (William Wheatcroft) of Sheffield, England; in business, 1871-1905. Not known when he used these marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Sheffield, Sheffield
label: place used
content: United Kingdom: England, South Tyneside, South Shields
label: place used
content: United States: Wisconsin, Menomonie
label: place used
content: United States: Minnesota, Lake Park
topic: label: Subject
content: Children
label: Subject
content: Beverages
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: John H. Crea
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.66.0544
label: catalog number
content: 66.0544
label: accession number
content: 265238
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cup
label: Object Name
content: cup, child's
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: electroplated (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 3 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 9.2075 cm x 9.21004 cm x 6.35 cm