Cup, Presentation
- Object Name:
- Cup, Presentation
- Object ID:
- 1920.004
- Place of Origin:
- Providence, RI
- Date:
- 1900
- Description:
- Presentation, or Loving, Cup. Silver and antler. Squat urn-shaped body with three attached antler horn handles. Antlers are attached to upper socket with a pin, and to lower scrolled socket with a pin. Slightly flared plain rolled rim. Round stepped pedestal base. Engraved on front in upper and lower case block letters: "1900 / Alabama-New Hampshire / Presented to / His Excellency Frank W. Rollins / Governor of NewHampshire / By Governor Johnston of Alabama / and his Staff / In token of their love and esteem / Non armis sed amore victi." Engraved on other side, in upper and lower case block letters: "Alabama-Kearsage (sic) / June 1864-September 1900." Hallmarks stamped on bottom include a right-facing lion passant within a square with cut corners, an anchor within a rectangle, double struck, black letter "G" within a square with cut corners. Stamped in upper case sans-serif letters, "STERLING", double struck. Stamped in upper case Roman letters, "A", "4", "1", "7", "PATENTED". Stamped in upper case sans-serif letters, "7" "PINTS". Scratched on bottom near maker's marks, "157", and in lower case script, "fd".
- Material:
- Metal
Silver
Skeletal - Dimensions:
- H-8.4 W-7.1 Dia-6.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Presented to the donor's husband, Governor Frank W. Rollins, in October 1900 by Governor Johnston of Alabama. The cup was given in recognition of the courtesies extended to Gov. Johnston during the September 1900 celebrations around the dedication of the ships Alabama and Kearsarge. Given by Mrs. Frank Rollins.
- Credit Line:
- Loaned by Mrs. Frank W.
- Subjects:
- Governors, Shipwrecks, Shipyards, Ships
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