Beaker

Description:

Small, handleless seamed cylindrical cup with straight tapered sides and applied flared rim and flat bottom. Engraved on exterior "E" in foliate script. Bottom underside engraved "5". No maker's marks.

Date Made: ca 1790

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: MarylandPlace Used: United States: District of Columbia, Washington

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life, Domestic Furnishings

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Gift of Bessie Ellicott Bunger, Myron Ellicott, and Glenn Ellicott

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: DL.63.0905Catalog Number: 63.0905Accession Number: 241136

Object Name: beaker

Physical Description: silver (overall material)Measurements: overall: 2 5/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 5.3975 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b0-e23f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_301025

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