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Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« on: February 06, 2024, 10:56:28 PM »
A couple of recently completed Sterling Silver cups for sipping your favorite beverage ,one handled and one unhandled :) ..........

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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2024, 03:50:39 AM »
I abuse mine regularly, thanks Mitch!

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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2024, 08:31:32 PM »
Lovely work, Mitch.
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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2024, 10:43:19 PM »
Great Job Mitch :)
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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2024, 11:04:05 PM »
BEAUTIFUL WORK/TALENT..  YOU ARE A TRUE ARTIST!!

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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #5 on: February 08, 2024, 02:59:52 AM »
Very, very nice  :)

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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #6 on: February 08, 2024, 04:25:48 AM »
Stellar work.
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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #7 on: February 12, 2024, 07:16:57 AM »
Those sure are some pretty little cups!
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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #8 on: February 12, 2024, 08:06:35 AM »
Mitch those are beautiful! Really nice!

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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #9 on: February 12, 2024, 05:01:41 PM »
They look even better in action.  ;)
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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2024, 10:14:37 PM »
Wow. Very nice craftmanship

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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2024, 06:03:00 AM »
That bottom cup (without handle ) is just cool
Want to sell it ?
Thanks , Steve

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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2024, 03:54:09 PM »
Thanks everyone I really enjoy making these cups  ;D ;D

Steve
Yes this cup is available(the top one was a special order).I will message you the details....Thanks!!!!

Mitch

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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2024, 05:06:18 PM »
 Those are absolutely Beautiful, I don't know which is more, the Silver work or the Engraving. Amazing workmanship.

  Tim

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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2024, 12:53:42 AM »
Incredibly beautiful work!! Are these based on Gill cups or something similar to it? I am not too familiar with cups of this period and was just curious. Thank you for posting! -Dillon

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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #15 on: February 16, 2024, 02:29:19 AM »
I think they look great as well.   Really hard not to PM Mitch for a price.... I know silver is not cheap, let alone labor.  You would think that a custom flinter would of come with a cup???   ;) 8)

Can you show a picture of the seam for the cup?   I assume you have a vertical seam on the cup itself?

My wife thinks I have a cup fetish.

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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #16 on: February 16, 2024, 04:19:13 AM »
Seam?

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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #17 on: February 16, 2024, 05:50:45 AM »
I "seam" to recall hard (high temp) silver soldering in a thread long time ago.
They are beautiful.
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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #18 on: February 16, 2024, 12:52:20 PM »
Just plain beautiful work!
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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #19 on: February 16, 2024, 01:23:59 PM »
Gorgeous!  Pinkies out!

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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #20 on: February 16, 2024, 05:28:43 PM »
     I'll try and answer some of the questions asked.I currently do these cups in three sizes and will be doing another sometime this summer(I'm copying Washington's Camp Cups).The smaller ones I do are often called Gill cups or rum cups when describing them unfortunately they often do not measure a full gill so what they were or called in the period I don't know.I make them 2" tall and 2 1/4" as are the ones in the current photo.I also make a 2 1/2" cup with a rolled over edge which I'll post below which is a smaller copy of Nathanial Greene' camp cup.
    In keeping with 18th century tradition these cups are hard soldered/brazed .The lapjoint is then planished .filed and then polished and other than a slight discoloration of the joint it is basically invisible and does not show in photographs.The joint does show some on the inside as in the 18th century the same care was not given on the inside.As the second cup was field tested at Lake Cumberland  you can see some tarnish lines in the joint in the photo below. 
  Glad to answer any other questions :)

Mitch






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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #21 on: February 16, 2024, 06:22:40 PM »
 The field testing is an important part of Mitch’s quality control process!
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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #22 on: February 17, 2024, 12:37:32 PM »
Esquisite design and execution, just a pleasure to see. Thanks!
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Re: Sterling Silver Sipping Cups
« Reply #23 on: February 17, 2024, 06:08:23 PM »
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The field testing is an important part of Mitch’s quality control process!

And I really appreciate my friends who supply me with different testing mediums  ;D ;D ;D The above cup was tested with 2 different bourbons,3 different scotches and some funny colored corn liquor  8) 8) It passed with flying colors.......

Mitch