Loving Cup, sterling silver weighted, date unknown

Loving Cup, sterling silver weighted, date unknown

A small sterling silver cup with two ornamental handles that is often called a loving cup, owned by the Hutter family. Loving cups are often used in wedding and engagement festivities to represent the unity and joining of two people and families. There are no engravings on the sides of the cup, but there is a hallmark on the bottom which reads “Sterling Weighted”. The cup is weighted sterling silver which indicates that the base is filled with a non silver substance and covered with solid sterling silver.

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Historic Sandusky-University of Lynchburg

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Donated by Ms. Stannard H Preston
A Hutter Family Descendent

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The cup is 3 1/2" tall by 5 1/4" wide. There is a decorative band at the bottom of the base, and a hallmark engraved on the bottom of the base reads "Sterling Weighted".

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