Cup, Presentation
- Object Name:
- Cup, Presentation
- Object ID:
- 2021.026
- Date:
- 1897
- Description:
- Presentation cup. Round plated tin, with riveted applied loop handle. Skull and cross bones engraved inside, bottom, with "C" on each side of skull. Three silk ribbons tied to handle: "Hebron / Regatta / July 15, 1897" written in ink on brown ribbon; "Crystal Spring Camp / Hebron, N. H." written in ink on green ribbon; "Won by Geo. E. Williamson. / W. P. I." written in ink on green ribbon.
- Material:
- Metal
Tin
Textile
Silk - Dimensions:
- H-1.7 W-4 Dia-3.2 inches
- Provenance:
- Presented to George Emery Williamson (1878-1951), a student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, winner of the Hebron Regatta on Newfound Lake, July 15, 1897. He graduated from WPI in 1900 with a BS in chemistry. He was president of Strathmore Paper Company, West Springfield, MA.
Found by the donor in the rafters of a house on the Main Line, Wayne, PA, during renovation. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Eddie Ross
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