On View
Not on viewCups
Dateca. 1879
Terms
- Cups
- Poplar
- United States
Dimensions10.16 × 6.35 cm (4 × 2 1/2 in.)
MarkingsWritten in ink on base: "1768/ 1879/ Com--(illegible) 1767/ Fin--(illegible)/ 1778".
Credit LineBequest of Wesley P. Wilmot (2001)
Object number2002.9.21
DescriptionCarved cup. Relic. Note inside (falling apart): "cup made from a beam of poplar wood taken from Christ Church in Alexandria, Va. in 1879. Church begun in 1767, and finished in 1773. Washington and Robert Lee both members of congregation, April 7, 1880."
