Mug

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Object Name: 
Mug
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
United States, PA, Philadelphia
Accession Number: 
2009.4.210
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 8.8 cm, W: 11.3 cm, D: 8.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1876
Credit Line: 
Gift of Anna and Karl Koepke
Primary Description: 
Colorless, pressed. Mug has wide flat foot and is in the form of the Liberty Bell (upside down) with a snake handle. On the bottom of the foot, around exterior “MANUFACTURED AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION BY / GILLINDER & SONS", in center. On the body: "PASS & STOW PHILADA", and underneath: "MDCCLIII".

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Koepke, Karl H. (d. 2009), Source
2009-05-26
Koepke, Ann, Source
2009-05-26
Inscription: 
PASS & STOW PHILADA / MDCCLIII
inscription
: 
on body
MANUFACTURED AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION BY” GILLINDER & SONS
inscription
: 
around exter of bottom of foot