Mug
- Object Name:
- Mug
- Object ID:
- 1988.053
- Creator:
- Boehm Porcelain Studio
- Place of Origin:
- Trenton, NJ
- Date:
- 1987
- Description:
- Mug, porcelain (white bone china), commemorating the 200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution. Cylindrical body with D-shaped handle. Decorated on one side with an image of a purple finch bird and a flowering lilac under a gold arch. Colors include brown, blue, purple, yellow, green, and gold. Single gold band on handle and around rim. Single gold strip on handle. Printed on bottom reverse: "BIRDS AND FLOWERS / OF THE THIRTEEN ORIGINAL STATES / BOEHM / New Hampshire / NINTH STATE TO JOIN THE UNION - JUNE 21, 1788 / Purple Finch / Purple Lilac / To Commemorate / The 200th Anniversary of the Constitution / 1787 - 1987 / Under the Aegis of / The U.S. Constitution Council / of the Thirteen Original States."
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-3.3 W-4.8 Dia-3.3 inches
- Provenance:
- New Hampshire Bicentennial Commission on the U.S. Constitution.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Anniversaries, Birds, Commemorative objects, Flowers, Lilacs, Mugs, Porcelain, Purple finch
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