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Mug
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Seamed cylindrical cup or mug with bright-cut floral decoration featuring a wreath tied with a bowknot at front forming an empty reserve. Hollow D- or ear-shaped handle with flat thumbrest; applied beaded rim and egg-and-dart foot ring; and flat bottom set in. No monogram. Bottom underside struck "TIFFANY & C\o." and "550 BROADWAY.N-Y" encircling "7203", "G & W" stamped twice, "ENGLISH STERLING / 925-1000", and "15", all in incuse serif letters.
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Credit lineMug. 1854-1865. Washington, Mary Anne Hammond. National Museum of American History, Gift of Mrs. Ellen Washington Bellamy. CC0.
