Trophy cup given by the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows: Museum Object and Cultural History
Trophy cup given by the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows: Date: 1907. Created by: Rockford Silver Plate Company, founded, 1882. Subject of: Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American, founded 1843.
The object in the museum catalogue
An engraved Rockford silver-plated trophy cup with three horn handles. The cup has etching on one side. The etching indicates that this cup served as the first place prize awarded on August 8, 1907. The cup has decorative filigree on the top, at the handles, and the base. The three horn handles protrude at the top and narrow at the bottom.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1907
- Created by: Rockford Silver Plate Company, founded, 1882
- Subject of: Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, American, founded 1843
- Type: trophies (prizes)
- Medium: silver, horn
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 8 3/4 x 11 x 10 in. (22.2 x 27.9 x 25.4 cm)
- Place depicted: Ohio, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Associations and institutions
- Topic: Fraternal organizations
- Topic: Men
- Object number: 2011.89.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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