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<p>[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 1080712, member: 5515"]Greetings all,</p><p><br /></p><p>I was scrolling through listings on the internet, and came across this odd piece. Mainly odd because of the names that came up in my research. I would start by saying the item appears to be plated, so that isn't really my focus. Here's what I was curious about:</p><p><br /></p><p>One of the names listed on the cup is Robert J. Walker. I think it's this guy, thoughts?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Walker" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Walker" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Walker</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The other guys listed on the cup is Edward Irving Darling, but here's the odd part, the site below lists his death as 1863, but this cup is a gift in 1867 (unless that's just a strange looking 1 at the end)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://usdaughters1812.org/mrs-flora-adams-darling/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://usdaughters1812.org/mrs-flora-adams-darling/" rel="nofollow">https://usdaughters1812.org/mrs-flora-adams-darling/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>On to my questions:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Do you think I have the people correct (maybe?)</p><p>2. How common/uncommon would it be for someone to provide this sort of item after a persons death?</p><p>3. Do you think the date on the cup says 1867 or 1861?</p><p>4. Does this seem like an item with historical value or junk?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's the photo:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]210190[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 1080712, member: 5515"]Greetings all, I was scrolling through listings on the internet, and came across this odd piece. Mainly odd because of the names that came up in my research. I would start by saying the item appears to be plated, so that isn't really my focus. Here's what I was curious about: One of the names listed on the cup is Robert J. Walker. I think it's this guy, thoughts? [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Walker[/URL] The other guys listed on the cup is Edward Irving Darling, but here's the odd part, the site below lists his death as 1863, but this cup is a gift in 1867 (unless that's just a strange looking 1 at the end) [URL]https://usdaughters1812.org/mrs-flora-adams-darling/[/URL] On to my questions: 1. Do you think I have the people correct (maybe?) 2. How common/uncommon would it be for someone to provide this sort of item after a persons death? 3. Do you think the date on the cup says 1867 or 1861? 4. Does this seem like an item with historical value or junk? Here's the photo: [ATTACH=full]210190[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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