"…that the “Star-Spangled Banner,” composed by Francis Scott Key during the Battle of Baltimore in 1814, did not become our national anthem until 1931?"
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Samuel Ettings mug or cup (War of 1812)
Subject:
War of 1812, 1812-1815, Object, Mens costumes--Personal artifacts
Item ID:
1895.1.1
Creator:
Unknown
Description:
Samuel Ettings mug or cup. Mug with a painted black body, several names etched in paint with a tin lid used by Samuel Etting of the Baltimore Fencibles, Sept. 12-13, 1814.
Date of Original:
ca. 1812
Collection:
Museum Department
Type/Size:
Physical Object; 11.43 x 12.7 cm.
Restrictions:
For more information, please contact the Museum Department: museum@mdhs.org
Rights:
Copy of original owned by the Maryland Historical Society. For reproduction and permission information, please contact imagingservices@mdhs.org 

