Cup, Presentation
- Object Name:
- Cup, Presentation
- Object ID:
- 1946.010.05
- Date:
- circa 1858
- Description:
- Presentation Cup. Silver. Slightly taper-sided body with S-shaped handle. Handle is hollow. Beaded decoration along rim and base, otherwise the mug is plain. Engraved on front in upper and lower case script "Mary B. Noyes, / from her / Great Grandmother, / Persis Bell". Stamped on the bottom in upper case roman letters "COIN", incuse. Also stamped on the bottom in upper case roman letters, "M & P"; there may be more of a maker's mark that is obscured by an adhesive label with donor information.
- Material:
- Metal
Silver - Dimensions:
- H-3.5 W-3.75 D-2.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Mug with inscription, gift from Persis Thom Bell (1778-1862) of Chester, NH, wife of New Hampshire Governor John Bell (1765-1836), to her great-granddaughter, Mary Bell Noyes (1858-1945), of Chester, NH, perhaps upon Mary's birth. Mary Bell Noyes was the daughter of Harriette Sherman Bouton (1832-1920) and John Weare Noyes (1810-1902) of Chester, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Mary B. Noyes
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