Child's Cup
date: label: date made
content: 1886
name: label: maker
content: Gorham Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Oxidized-finish, spun cylindrical cup or mug with an embossed band of ancanthus leaves springing from scrolls around its lower half and a bumpy, D- or ear-shaped handle; body engraved opposite handle "Lura." in script. Applied molded rim and banded base with flat bottom. Bottom underside struck with five marks, an anchor in a shield, "GORHAM Co." in incuse sans serif letters, "0366", "SILVER SOLDERED" curved in incuse serif letters, and date mark of an iron cross in small square at right.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Rhode Island, Providence
label: place owned
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: Food Culture
label: Subject
content: Baby
label: Subject
content: Children
label: Subject
content: Gifts & Presents
label: Subject
content: Girls
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: C. Malcolm Watkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0611.02
label: accession number
content: 1978.0611
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0611.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cup
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver plate (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 4 1/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 8.255 cm x 10.4775 cm x 7.3025 cm