Collection Highlights
Pastoral Scene by Andrew R. Smith
Date:
1822
Object Number:
MSS.BV.AfricanFreeSchool.Vol4.
Medium:
Manuscript
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dram cups (pair)
Object Number:
1960.63a
Date:
1824/25
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 7/8 × 2 5/8 in. (4.8 × 6.7 cm)
Marks:
engraved: below the rim of each: "May . The . Cause . of . Liberty. Ever. Unite. Us/ 1784" in script
stamped: on the bases: "T L" in roman letters in a double struck oval, a lion passant in a chamfered rectangle, a crowned leopards head in a shield, dat
Description:
One of a pair of wrought silver dram cups; circular bodies with straight sides curving under to the domed base; engraved below the rim of each, "May . The . Cause . of . Liberty. Ever. Unite. Us/ 1784" in script; full set of hallmarks struck on the base.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. Waldron P. Belknap, Sr.
Provenance:
Purchased from the dealer Robert Ensko of New York by Waldron Phoenix Belknap, Jr. in 1946.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
