Object Details
- Description
- Seamed octagonal or panel-sided cup or mug with flared rim and slightly tapered sides, engraved on front "JHW" in foliate script. Hollow broken-scroll handle with flat thumbrest; applied triple-reeded rim molding and foot ring; and flat bottom set in. Bottom underside struck once "HYDE & GOODRICH" in raised serif letters in a rectangle.
- Retailed by Hyde & Goodrich of New Orleans, LA; in business, 1816-1866. Possibly made by their firm or another firm in New Orleans, or imported, probably from New York. The handle is identical to ones seen on 1850s New York silver, and Hyde & Goodrich were selling New York pieces at that time.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Hyde & Goodrich
- date made
- 1850 - 1860
- Credit Line
- Donald Beggs
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 in x 3 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in; 7.62 cm x 9.8425 cm x 7.3025 cm
- Object Name
- mug
