LOVING CUP
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The bowl of the loving cup has three hipped handles with a leaf motif where the two ends are fastened on the bowl. On one side is engraved a picture of the building where Postum was started in 1895. The base is like an inverted hemisphere with leaves in relief at intervals. Engraved.
- Object name:
- LOVING CUP
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- USA
- Date made:
- 1907
- Size:
- 26 × 14.9 cm (10 1/4 × 5 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.296
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK; INSCRIPTION on bottom: shield with animal, Sterling 7062 6 1/2 pints F; on side: Presented to C. W. Post January 1st 1907 As a Mark of Esteem From His Employees in the Postum and Paper Co Works.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973