Image scanned from a transparency and color-corrected by Pat Cagney.

Loving Cup

Manufacturer Unknown

CultureAmerican

Dateca. 1904

MediumSilver

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 in. (16.5 x 11.4 cm)

InscribedUnidentified maker's mark "L" (conjoined to form a circle); "Sterling 7/8 pine / H29-703" (scratched in); "319A" (stamped); "C. D. Peacock" (stamped), retailer's mark.

Credit LineGift of Lela Marshall Hine

Object number93.33

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DescriptionThis is an Art Nouveau style loving cup; it is a footed bell-shaped cup with three applied ear-shaped handles. The body is engraved deeply with Art Nouveau whiplash lines: "To Oliver / and Leila / from / A.R.S.".