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Museum Collections
Decorative Arts
Goblet
Object name
Goblet
Date
ca. 1853
Medium
Silver
Dimensions
Overall: 8 x 4 in. ( 20.3 x 10.2 cm )
Description
Wrought silver presentation goblet; cylindrical cup with a flaring lip; plain applied band around rim; body covered with repouss
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gherardi Davis
Object Number
1916.10
Marks
engraved: in the reserve: the Ingraham family crest, a griffin's head above a banner engraved, "MAGNA IMUS ESTO" in roman letters
stamped: under the palm tree leaves: "HAYDEN BROTHERS" in a rectangle
Gallery Label
This is one of a set of six goblets presented to Commodore Duncan Nathaniel Ingraham by the state of South Carolina in commemoration of his 1853 rescue of Martin Koszta, a Hungarian political refugee and American citizen, in the harbor of Contantinople, from the Austrian government who had kidnapped him.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
