Tumbler Which May or May Not Have Come Over on the Mayflower
Tumbler (Substitute). Glass. Late 20th century. Collected 2000, c.e. Burlington, Vermont.
Drinking Glass from a Burlington, Vermont Second-hand store. This item a stand-in for an heirloom belonging to Mrs. Mary B. Allen King of Rochester N.Y. which could not be located. This is the entry in the Fleming Museum catalog, "It was handed down from an ancestor (Peter Browne) who brought it to this country in the Mayflower." (Handwritten note following this entry: “Can she prove it?”)
re:1620:09:si: Former catalog number 37c at Main Street Museum.
Former catalog number C 30 (Colonial Catalog) Henry Perkins era in the
Robert Hull Fleming Museum, Burlington, Vermont.
History
Included in Case G, Robert Hull Fleming Museum, Burlington, Vermont, 2000, c.e. Exhibited at the Main Street Museum rooms, Hartford Village Collection Main Street Museum. Collected 2000 c. e. from selected Burlington, Vermont Second-hand stores by Pascal Spengeman with assistance of Museum staff.
Exhibited 2002 Tunbridge Fairgrounds as part of the Vermont History Expo.
From 2005 on displayed as part of "Around the World with the Main Street Museum", a case featuring geographically diverse artifacts.
References
- Joseph A. Citro, VPR, June, 2000.
- Former catalog number 37c at Main Street Museum.
