Gregg, Hayden & Co.
Cup

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Cup
Datec. 1846–1852
Made inCharleston, South Carolina, United States
MediumSilver
Dimensions3 1/8 × 2 11/16 × 3 7/16 in. (7.9 × 6.8 × 8.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.73.10
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Metals Study Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

The principal technological advance in eighteenth-century silver production was a process of manufacturing flat sheets of silver by rolling, which eliminated the need for the time-consuming processes of raising and planishing.  Simple vessels, such as this cup, were manufactured more efficiently and inexpensively by cutting the sheet and soldering the seams.

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff.  American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


Provenance[Ronald Bourgeault Antiques, Salem, Massachusetts]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, 1973; given to MFAH, 1973.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Engraved on side: CPSJ
On base: mark of Gregg, Hayden & Company [Warren 1975, p. 180, no. 339]

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