Collection Highlights
Kerchief
ca. 1848
1941.103
Cotton
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mug
Object name
Mug
Date
1825-1850
Medium
Silver plate
Dimensions
Overall: 3 3/4 x 4 x 2 3/4 in. ( 9.5 x 10.2 x 7 cm )
Description
Wrought and cast Sheffield silver plate mug; globular lower body with an applied cylindrical upper body flaring toward the rim; four cast bands above the body joint; seated on a circular molded foot; cast strap handle; engraved, "Sarah Livingston/ 30" in script on the center front; no maker's mark.