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Cup
Cup

Cup

Date1750-1800
MediumCast pewter
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width at top x depth at top): 3 1/16 x 3 1/8 x 2 7/8in. (7.8 x 7.9 x 7.3cm)
ClassificationsMetalware
Credit LineGift of Timothy Chapin Reeves
DescriptionCast pewter cup with a flared rim, straight sides, a rounded bottom, and a round foot. The cup has a pair of incised lines about halfway down the body. There are chatter marks on the interior bottom of the cup. The rim is dented, and the cup is lightly scratched and tarnished.

Chatter Marks: Chatter marks are radial lines extending across the skimming marks on a pewter object. Chatter marks are caused by vibration of the skimming tool used in smoothing the rough surfaces of an object on a lathe.
Object number2004.76.3
Subject Terms
    On View
    Not on view
    Museum purchase, 1964.80.8  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Thomas Danforth III
    1807-1813
    Thomas Danforth Boardman
    1810-1860
    Gift of John C. Parsons, 1950.382.0a,b  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Joseph Danforth I
    1779-1788
    Gift of Albert C. Bates, 1950.364.2-.3  © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Thomas Danforth Boardman and Sherman Boardman
    1825-1827
    1977.8.1
    Thomas Danforth Boardman and Sherman Boardman
    1810-1820
    Flagon
    Thomas Danforth Boardman and Sherman Boardman
    1810-1820