Word: silver
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tray with two hands was not enforced. When a plug-ugly protege of Promoter Dempsey dropped a handkerchief, 54 entrants from 15 Manhattan restaurants set off at a run from 59th street down Eighth Avenue to 50th street. Winner, a surly-looking Italian named Dominick Caccippio, got $125, a silver cup and the whiskey from his tray...
...Other silver included the flagons and chalices given Christ Church, Cambridge, by King William and Queen Mary; a collection of tankards varying in capacity from one pint to a quart and a half; the magnificant Stoughton Cup; and numerous flighting fixtures--some of which even used bear grease...
Earliest College Silver...
...outstanding pieces of silver to be seen is the Great Salt, pictured above. Coming into the possession of the College into the possession of the College in 1644, the bequest of Richard Harris, an early resident and Fellow Commoner and the brother-in-law of Henry Dunster, this is the oldest bit of College Silver now extant. As fingers were used entirely while eating, the dainty students would wipe their fingers (before dipping them into the salt) upon the napkin which rested on the three knobs which may be seen on the rim. The napkin also aided in keeping flies...
Dented and blackened with age, a few tiny pieces of silver are evidence that as far back as the middle 1600's there were counterfeiters abroad in the land providing just one more obstacle for the struggling colonists to overcome. Genuine coins which are to be seen include three of the "pine tree" variety and four "oak tree." There was a third type minted, a "willow tree" design, but there are none of this pattern in the Robinson display...