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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NaptownFTW, post: 509833, member: 9989&quot;]I came across this piece last year, but am not 100% on the attribution and don&#039;t have a good handle on the value.</p><p>It is a coin silver cup stamped Hyde &amp; Goodr(ich) on the bottom.&nbsp; The silver shows signs of an abrasive cleaning and the engraving is a bit weak. Stylistically, it seems to match the work of Adolphe Himmel, with excellent repoussé work.</p><p>The names on it have a pretty crazy story behind them. The inscription reads </p><p>To the Hon Jos B Lancaster</p><p>A token of gratitude for generous hospitality and practical friendship</p><p>T Pickett </p><p>T O&#039;Hara </p><p>T T Hawkins&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &gt;Ky</p><p>T J Kennedy</p><p>A H Johnson</p><p>A H Bell&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Miss</p><p><br /></p><p>Joseph B Lancaster was a judge on the first Florida territorial court and is a fairly well known politician from that time.</p><p>The other names are officers and a physician from the time a group of southerners got together with a guy named Narciso Lopez to invade Cuba in 1850. This Cardenas expedition won a battle in Cuba, a Kentuckian planted what is now the </p><p>Cuban flag for the first time on Cuban soil, and then they high-tailed it to Florida because several thousand Spanish troops were coming to kill them. </p><p>Anyway, the big name on there is Theodore O&#039;Hara. He fought in the Mexican American war, where he penned a poem, Bivouac of the Dead, lines of which are on Arlington National Cemetery. He was a captain in the US Army until court marshaled by Robert E Lee in 1856. During the Civil War, he was a Confederate colonel and representative to Mexico. </p><p>I know this is quite a bit to read, but any help is greatly appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]165873[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]165874[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]165875[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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