Cup, Presentation
- Object Name:
- Cup, Presentation
- Object ID:
- 1925.011.01
- Creator:
- Durgin, William B. Company -- Silversmith
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH
- Date:
- 1904
- Description:
- Presentation Cup. Made by the William B. Durgin Company, Concord, NH; 1904. Silver. Inverse bell-shape cup with three hollow loop handles and round pedestal base. Bead and reel rim design (with sausage-shaped beads) edging along rim and base. Each handle has a thumb rest at top, and each has a hole beneath the thumb rest. Interior of cup has a gold wash. Cup is soldered to pedestal base. Engraved in multiple type faces (including black lettering, script, and a stylized sans-serif), "PRESENTED / TO / Charles W.Hoitt. / President N.H.Senate / 1903 - 1904 / From the Senators." Stamped on bottom, "STERLING", in upper-case sans-serif lettering incuse; "5" and "C" in upper case Roman letters incuse; "D" within a crowned shield (for William B. Durgin Company ); and "3 1/2 PTS" in upper case Roman letters incuse.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-8.9 W-8.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Silver cup presented to Charles W. Hoitt (1847-1925), of Nashua, NH, by the New Hampshire State Senate in 1904, at the end of his term of office as President, 1903-1904.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Emma F. Johnson
- Subjects:
- Senators (N.H.)
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