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Collection Type

Decorative arts

Date

Prior to 1880

GUSN

GUSN-33537

Description

Pewter beer mug with glass bottom; S-shaped handle; multiple incised bands at the base.

Details

Descriptive Terms

mugs
canns
cups
pewter (tin alloy)
tin (metal)
glass (material)
Cup
Cann
Cann

Inscription

"1PINT" (inside wavy rectangle)

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 4 3/4 (HxW), 3 1/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Alice A. Gray through Mrs. J. H. Robbins

Accession Number

1930.1046

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
England (United Kingdom) [country]

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