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Fire relic teacup, Portland, ca. 1863

Fire relic teacup, Portland, ca. 1863
Item 100155   info
Maine Historical Society

A cup and saucer survived intact and were decorated with the note "passed through the fire, July 4th, 1866."

Judge Nathan Webb (1825-1902) owned the cub and saucer. Webb, a native of Portland, became county attorney in 1866, and was later U.S. District Attorney for Maine, and then a federal judge.

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