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Goblet
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Handleless spun tulip-shaped cup on flared pedestal base with repousse chased decoration of scrolling branches of oak leaves and acorns that form a wreathed reserve at front inscribed "To / Hugh Vernon / W / From his Mother / Feby 22nd. 1882" in different fonts. Applied molding at rim and foot ring, both with beading; cusped stem with ball knop; and circular, stepped ogee foot with matching oak leaf decoration. No marks.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineGoblet. 1882. Washington, Mary Anne Hammond. National Museum of American History, Gift of Mrs. Ellen Washington Bellamy. CC0.
