Posted 8 years ago
SpiritBear
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This silver-plated cup is from the 1800s and was made by the American Silver Plate Co., which was a part of the Simpson, Hall, Miller, & Co. till they were bought out in 1898 by International Silver Co.
This is from an early 1800s nursery rhyme:
Jack Be Nimble
Jack Be Quick
Jack Jump
Over The Candle Stick
It's beat up, and much of the quad-plate is gone, but it's a nice addition.
If it interests anyone, from studying the cup I can tell that it's user was like me in using his/her left hand to hold not the handle (which often ended up pointing right) but the cup itself more often than not, and I can tell where his/her little lips usually went. The part between thumb and pointer finger usually lay on Jack's breast, thus causing the excessive wear there, and the user often stirred things inside the cup. The user may have gotten angry once and, holding it by the handle, slammed it down hard enough to cause damage. The angle and area of damage matched.