Object Details
- Description
- This silver wine cup belonged to Pilgrim leader and Mayflower passenger William Bradford, who governed Plymouth Colony for thirty years. Made for Bradford in London, the cup bears his initials on one side.
- The idea of America as a religious refuge originates with the Pilgrims, a group of English separatists who founded a colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. While the Pilgrims sought freedom to practice their own form of Protestantism, they were often intolerant of other kinds of worship in their settlement.
- Location
- Currently on loan
- Credit Line
- Jointly owned by the Pilgrim Hall Museum and the Smithsonian Institution
- ID Number
- 1985.0319.01
- accession number
- 1985.0319
- catalog number
- 1985.0319.01
- Object Name
- cup
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7 in x 3 in; 17.78 cm x 7.62 cm
- place made
- United Kingdom: England, London
- Related Publication
- Kendrick, Kathleen M. and Peter C. Liebhold. Smithsonian Treasures of American History
- National Museum of American History. Treasures of American History exhibition website
- Related Web Publication
- https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/treasures-american-history
- See more items in
- Political History: Political History, General History Collection
- Food
- Government, Politics, and Reform
- National Treasures exhibit
- Religion
- National Museum of American History
- used
- Pilgrims
- Record ID
- nmah_534352
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-7271-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
