Beaker
- Description
- Handleless, raised cylindrical cup with applied flared rim, slightly bulging sides and almost flat bottom, engraved on exterior "AH / MEM" in foliate script. Struck once on rim exterior "KEELER" in a cut-edge or serrated rectangle. Old red-bordered white paper label on bottom underside below centerpoint.
- Maker is Joseph Keeler (1786-1824) of Norwalk, CT; working, circa 1810-1820.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1810-1820
- place made
- United States: Connecticut, Norwalk
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 3 in; 8.89 cm x 7.62 cm
- ID Number
- DL.383536
- catalog number
- 383536
- accession number
- 162866
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Arthur Michael
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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