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Goblet

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Collection Type

  • Relics and souvenirs

GUSN

GUSN-9675

Description

Small urn-shaped wooden goblet with a short stem and circluar base.

Details

Descriptive Terms

souvenirs
goblets
oak (wood)
turning (shaping process)
Turned
Goblet

Inscription

"Said to be from the House of John Hancock" (handwritten)

Associated Building

Associated With John Hancock House (Boston, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1995.90

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Alice Badger

Accession Number

1995.528

Places

Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]

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