Presentation Cup
Daten. d.
Mediumsilver
Dimensions3 1/2 × 4 1/2 inches (8.9 × 11.4 cm)
MarkingsMaker's mark stamped on the bottom: S.WILMOT [in rectangle over fleur-de-lis]
Credit LineGift of Mr. E. Descombe Wells.
Object numberOT1961.35
CopyrightThe images and text contained on this page are owned by Telfair Museums or used by the Museum with permission from the owners. Unauthorized reproduction, transmission or display of these materials is prohibited with the exception of items deemed “fair use” as defined by U.S. and international copyright laws.Label TextThis small cup, probably a child’s or christening cup, has a cast C-shaped handle and a scrollwork cartouche framed with engraved flowers and foliage. The center of the cartouche documents the cup’s ownership from one individual to another, although current research has not yet uncovered the familial or social relationships between these individuals: "Major Wm. P. Bowen/ to/ Ida Florence Patterson/ Margaret/ Genevieve/ Sipple".
Silversmith Samuel Wilmot, Jr. (born 1795) lived and worked in New Haven, Connecticut, and he was likely apprenticed to his father, Samuel Wilmot (1777-1846). He moved south to Georgetown, South Carolina, where he worked from around 1825 to 1837, and then to Charleston, South Carolina in partnership with his cousin, Thomas T. Wilmot around 1837. His cousin later moved to Savannah, and after his cousin’s death in 1850, Samuel Wilmot assumed ownership of the shop. He promoted a jeweler, Henry A. Richmond, to partner from 1853 to 1856. In 1861, with the outbreak of the Civil War, Wilmot retired and return to Connecticut.
