Cup, Souvenir
- Object Name:
- Cup, Souvenir
- Object ID:
- 2010.025.02
- Place of Origin:
- United States
- Date:
- 1904
- Description:
- Souvenir glass cup, one of a set of six purchased at the Rochester, NH, Fair in 1904 by Alice M. Taylor (1881-1964) of Salem, MA. Colorless pressed glass with red overlay around top half of exterior. Cylindrical body with flared rim and loop handle. Band of inverted hobnail diamond hearts around exterior of base. Sunburst on bottom. Copper-wheel engraved script on red section: "A.M.T. / ROCHESTER FAIR / 1904".
- Material:
- Glass
- Dimensions:
- H-2.85 W-3.4 Dia-2.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Alice M. Taylor (1881-1864) of Salem, MA, visited the Rochester Fair in the fall of 1904. While there, she bought six glass cups and a matching toothpick holder and had them engraved with her initials to commemorate her visit. The pieces were donated by Alice Taylor's great-niece.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Carmen Akins Cardoza
- People:
- Taylor, Alice M. (1881-1964)
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