This is Still the Place: Utah's 1897 Pioneer Jubilee

Commemorative Cup. Covering a rolled steel cup with decorative enamel was a cheap way to make an affordable souvenir in 1897. The Pioneer Memorial Museum owns a number of examples made for other events, such as the Queen Victoria's Diamond Anniversary and the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. After the idea was introduced by Spencer Clawson, the cups were commissioned from a firm in Vienna by the Jubilee Commission, who hoped that the cups would serve both as souvenirs and as a means to generate public interest in the celebration. The commission ordered five thousand cups, whose design received "exceedingly favorable comment from the Eastern press." For the Pioneer Jubilee, the cup was designed with images such as sego lilies, a buffalo, a Native American village, wagons, and handcarts. (Accession # 9482; dimensions: 4" high x 3.75" diam.; donor: Mrs. Seymour Wells)