Loving Cup or Tyg

Accession number 75.210

Unique identifier MNY22597

Description Sterling silver three-handled loving cup or tyg with pyriform body, everted lip outlined with reeded molding on raised lobed foot with scalloped edge, cast C-scroll handles with leaf-like attachments to body at top and base, body with repoussŽ-chased lotus buds, blossoms, seed pods and leaves growing naturalistically from base, and cloud-like reserve between two handles for inscription. Engaved on obverse: To / Anton Seidl / From Fellow Members of / The Lotus Club / as a Token of / Friendship and Admiration / March 6th 1897. Engaved under the top rim, motto of the Club (from Tennyson): In The Afternoon They Came Unto a Land, In Which It Seemed Always Afternoon. Struck on underside of base: STERLING / [Indian with feather facing left] / SX 212 / 13 PTS.

Dated 1897

Inscription / technical details "To/Anton Seidl/From Fellow Members of/The Lotus Club/as a Token of/Friendship and Admiration/March 6th 1897." on front

Object Type loving cup, tyg

Medium silver (metal), sterling silver

Physical dimensions H: 11 1/8 in. DIAM: 7 1/2 in. WEIGHT: 84.10 oz.

File dimensions 18.3 in × 18.3 in at 300dpi
46.5 cm × 46.5 cm at 300dpi

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