Cup
Unknown American, American
about 1725
Silver
Overall: 2 3/4 in. (7 cm)
Base: 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm)
Rim: 2 11/16 in. (6.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Louise C. and Frank L. Harrington, Class of 1924
M.972.77
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Food Service
Research Area
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Engraved, below rim of cup: GHP [H superscript, with * below] ENA [N superscript, with * below]; scratched, on bottom: NM (or WN?)
Exhibition History
Harrington Silver Case Exhibition, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, January 26-April 30, 1976
Harrington Silver Case Exhibition, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 11, 1978-January 5, 1979
Harrington Silver Case Exhibition, Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 12, 1977
Massachusetts Silver of the Colonial Period, Strauss Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 1972
Provenance
Firestone and Parson, Inc., Jewelers, Boston, Massachusetts; sold to Frank L. Harrington, Sr. (1902-1988) and Louise Cronin Harrington (1904-2000), Worcester, Massachusetts, March 16, 1968; given to present collection, 1972.
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