Mug (or Hooped cann)
about 1800
Object PlacePossibly United States
Medium/TechniqueSilver
Dimensions11.5 x 13.2 cm (4 1/2 x 5 3/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Mr. and Mrs. W. Hammond
Accession number08.305
ClassificationsSilver hollowware
InscriptionsEngraved initials "W.B." in script on frontProvenanceSaid to have belonged to George Washington; by 1905, Ellen Sarah Sophia Clarke Hammond, Boston (d. 1905), who left it in her will to her husband for use during his lifetime; 1908, bequeathed to the Museum by Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hammond , of Boston (Accession Date June 11, 1908)
