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Gorham Manufacturing Company

Design for an Acorn Loving Cup,

Description

Maker

  • Gorham Manufacturing Company

Title

Design for an Acorn Loving Cup

Medium

coloring, ink, paper, graphite, gouache, watercolor

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • pencil,
  • watercolor,
  • gouache,
  • ink,
  • and crayon on paper

Techniques

  • pencil,
  • watercolor,
  • gouache,
  • ink,
  • and crayon on paper

Dimensions

73.3 x 44.4 cm (28 7/8 x 17 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

"3 handles / A 5 + 19 Love Cup / AY433 Base" in pencil script to lower left of drawing. "9 in X 11 / 7 1/2 X 1/2 / 6 X 1/4 / 2 1/4 X 2 1/2 / 040" to right of cup in pencil. "2 1/8 032" in pencil to right of base. "3 1/4 X 2 045" in pencil to lower right of cup. "045 7 1/2 X 1 1/2 / 7 " X 1 3/4 / 5 " X 1/2 / 3 1/4 X 1/2 / 2 1/4 X 4 in" in pencil to right of cup's base. "Copper Base / See W Codman" in pencil script within base for cup. "SPECIAL FILES / RETURN TO DEPT G-2" stamped in red ink perpendicularly to drawing in lower right corner and on backside in upper left corner. "A5419 / Love Cup" in orange crayon in upper left corner of backside.

Type

  • Architectural and Design Works on Paper

Credit

Gift of Lenox, Incorporated

Object Number

2005.118.45.985

About

Design for an Acorn Loving Cup

"3 handles / A 5 + 19 Love Cup / AY433 Base" in pencil script to lower left of drawing. "9 in X 11 / 7 1/2 X 1/2 / 6 X 1/4 / 2 1/4 X 2 1/2 / 040" to right of cup in pencil. "2 1/8 032" in pencil to right of base. "3 1/4 X 2 045" in pencil to lower right of cup. "045 7 1/2 X 1 1/2 / 7 " X 1 3/4 / 5 " X 1/2 / 3 1/4 X 1/2 / 2 1/4 X 4 in" in pencil to right of cup's base. "Copper Base / See W Codman" in pencil script within base for cup. "SPECIAL FILES / RETURN TO DEPT G-2" stamped in red ink perpendicularly to drawing in lower right corner and on backside in upper left corner. "A5419 / Love Cup" in orange crayon in upper left corner of backside.

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Design for an Acorn Loving Cup with the accession number of 2005.118.45.985. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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