Lot 40
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A SILVER CAMP CUP
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A SILVER CAMP CUP

MARK OF DANIEL VAN VOORHIS, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1780

Details
A SILVER CAMP CUP
MARK OF DANIEL VAN VOORHIS, PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1780
Tapering cylindrical, engraved with the monogram ED, marked three times under base
1 5/8 in. high; 1 oz. 5 dwt.
Literature
The Darling Foundation of New York State Early American Silversmiths and Silver, New York State Silversmiths, 1964, illus. p. 188.
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Lot Essay

This camp cup relates to the camp cups made by Richard Humphreys of Philadelphia for General George Washington in 1780 and for Washington's aide-de-camp, General Anthony Walton White (sold Christie's, 20 January 2005, lot 142).

Silversmith and Revolutionary patriot Daniel van Voorhis also served under George Washington, earning distinction at the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777. The present camp cup must date from the Revolutionary period, when Van Voorhis worked in Philadelphia (1775-1782).

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