Martyrs Mug

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Object Name: 
Martyrs Mug
Place Made: 
United States
Accession Number: 
2009.4.145
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 6.7 cm, W: 9.8 cm, D: 6.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1881-1885
Credit Line: 
Gift of Anna and Karl Koepke
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; pressed. Mug with small circular handle. Pressed image of Lincoln on one side Garfield on the other. Pressed on the Lincoln side: “BORN FEB. 12 th. 1809 ASSASINATED APRIL 14TH 1865. DIED APRIL 15TH 1865. LINCOLN”; pressed on the Garfield side: “BORN NOV. 19TH 1831. ASSASINATED JULY 2ND 1881. DIED SEPT 19TH 1881 GARFIELD”; pressed on underside into the bottom so you can read it from the inside: “OUR COUNTRIES MARTYRS”

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Koepke, Karl H. (d. 2009), Source
2009-05-26
Koepke, Ann, Source
2009-05-26
Inscription: 
BORN FEB. 12 th. 1809 ASSASINATED APRIL 14TH 1865. DIED APRIL 15TH 1865. LINCOLN
inscription
: 
Pressed on the Lincoln side
OUR COUNTRIES MARTYRS
inscription
: 
Pressed on underside
BORN NOV. 19TH 1831. ASSASINATED JULY 2ND 1881. DIED SEPT 19TH 1881 GARFIELD
inscription
: 
Pressed on the Garfield sid