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Beaker

Bellamy, Ellen Washington · ca 1860 · silver (overall material)

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Handleless seamed cylindrical cup with Rococo-style, bright-cut and engine-turned engraving on its straight tapered sides; decoration includes three scrolled reserves, one engraved "E.C.W." in script and two featurng flowers at their centers. Applied molded rim and foot ring, both with beading; flat bottom set in. Bottom underside struck once with a vertically-oriented incuse mark (partial) of "T / E / & / Co" over a circle and a diamond or lozenge containing "1 / 5 7 / 8"; "11" stamped sideways at right. One of two monogrammed beakers by the same maker in two similar patterns, DL*60.0989 and DL*60.1060.

National Museum of American History’s own description
Credit lineBeaker. ca 1860. Bellamy, Ellen Washington. National Museum of American History, Gift of Mrs. Ellen Washington Bellamy. CC0.

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