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Identification and Creation

Object Number
599.1928
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
"Cuban" Loving Cup
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
19th century
Culture
Cuban
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232217

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cup made from five hundred silver dollars
Dimensions
47 cm (18 1/2 in.)
28 cm (11 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Between handles is the insignia of the United States and of Cuba, the red enameled shield with the seal of Harvard, and the crossed flags of Cuba and the United States.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Harvard College, Gift from a group of teachers. The cup was presented to Harvard college by a group of Cuban teachers at the close of their period of instruction here during the summer of 1900. The group numbered eleven hundred students. Fifty cents was collected from each one and five hundred silver dollars were made into this cup.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Harvard University; Presented to Harvard College by a group of Cuban teachers, 1900
Object Number
599.1928
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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