Child's Cup
date: label: date made
content: 1900
label: date inscribed
content: 1900-06-20
name: label: maker
content: Tiffany & Co.
notes: label: Description
content: Seamed, flared cylindrical cup flat chased on its exterior with a scene of geese and chickens, including a rooster at right, amidst a broken post-and-rail fence overrun by grasses. Engraved "Virginia from Uncle Morgan / June 20\th..1900" in script on front, opposite a cast, floral C-scroll handle attached by shells. Rim molding is applied to the gold washed interior; that at base features pinnate leaves on triple reeding. Set-in flat bottom struck with a full set of incuse marks on underside for "TIFFANY & C\o / MAKERS" flanked by pattern and order numbers "7993" and "9684" above "STERLING SILVER", "925-1000" and date letter "T"; additional numbers scratched next to maker's name.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
label: place owned; place used
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: depicted; decorative motif
content: Chickens
label: depicted; decorative motif
content: Geese
label: Subject
content: Baby
label: Subject
content: Birthdays, General
label: possible
content: Christening
label: Subject
content: Gifts & Presents
label: Subject
content: Girls
label: Subject
content: Souvenirs
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
label: See more items in
content: Domestic Furnishings
label: Exhibition
content: Wonderplace
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wallace Dunn, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.307672.0008
label: catalog number
content: 307672.0008
label: accession number
content: 307672
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mug
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (gilt wash on interior material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/8 in x 3 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 9.8425 cm x 7.3025 cm