Mug
date: label: date made
content: 1747
notes: label: Description
content: Raised bulbous or bellied cann or mug engraved on front with the monogram "JEW" in interlocking foliate script. Flared rim scored around exterior, 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; flared oval struts with oval attachment on lower terminal. Bottom underside is struck with four marks, a lion passant facing left in scalloped shield; a crowned leopard's head in scalloped shield; "TW" in raised script in a conforming surround; and the raised serif date letter "m" in scalloped shield.
label: Description
content: Maker is Thomas Whipham of London, England; mark registered, 1739.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, London
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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 Estate of Anne L. Gibbs
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.69.0186
label: catalog number
content: 69.0186
label: accession number
content: 261753
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cann
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 7/8 in x 5 1/8 in x 3 1/4 in; 12.3825 cm x 13.0175 cm x 8.255 cm