1870-1885
GUSN-48017
Bulbous body with C-curve handle, flaring lip. Two bands of stamped ornament on body. Straight vertical foot. Interior is gold-washed.
mugs
wash technique
gold (color)
silver (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
bees (Apoidea superfamily)
banding
spirals (geometric figures)
Silver
Gold Washed
Spiral Banding
Bee
MUG
Engraved on side: Alice Newbold Codman/from her/Godfather Struck on bottom: [Gorham marks]
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
1969.746
Gorham Manufacturing Co. (Silversmith)
Providence, RI, USA
3.75 (H), 2.25 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.746.2
Rhode Island (United States)
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