Cup
date: label: date made
content: 1744-1750
notes: label: Description
content: Short, handleless, inverted bell-shaped raised cylindrical cup with molded rim and rounded, concave or domed bottom, engraved on exterior between rim and two incised lines below ":.N:.HEV:." in serif letters. Bottom underside struck once with a crowned italic roman letter "A" near the edge. Exterior below rim is stamped upside down with a small eagle head, facing left.
label: Description
content: Maker not known. Antoine L'Echaudel. L'Echaudel was the fermier générale (excise or tax collector) for Paris, 1744-1750. Both stamps are unique to him: the crowned italic A is his poinçon de charge or charge mark (indicates tax paid on the weight of the unfinished item) while the eagle head is his poinçon de decharge or discharge mark for small silver objects (indicated all taxes paid and piece was ready to sell).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Smithson and John Smithson, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.391178
label: catalog number
content: 391178
label: accession number
content: 189508
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cup
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 6.0325 cm x 6.985 cm