Metal Folding Cup and Friends

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A trio of drinking cups
Folded away – wood doesn’t fold too well!
Logos
A collapsible cup similar to ours in this 1930s George Grose catalogue
Description
a) Metal folding cup. b) Red plastic folding cup. c) Wooden cup with two ‘finger holes’ in the handle.
Inscription description
a) “MADE IN US PAT’D( ) 35 ¢” b) “FOLD-A-CUP ORIGINAL” “MADE IN SWEDEN” 7 in triangle, “>PP-SEBS< NAT.ST.NR 7350-17-110-1364"
Acquisition Method:
Donated by Mick Tighe
Number of Objects:
3
Related Items:
Provenance:
We had this little folding cup listed on its own initially, so decided to find him/her a couple of pals for company. The metal cup seems to have been made in the USA and cost 35 cents, probably in the 1960s. They were quite popular with campers back then, though plastic took over not long after. The red plastic Fold-A-Cup is Swedish, though it comes from a Norwegian Tourist Board (Nord Trondeleg Turisforening), just across the border.

The lovely little wooden cup is classic Sami (Lapp) from North Norway, where just about everything is made from wood.

Mick Tighe collected these three little items somewhere along the way.

Object Production
Production Place:
U.S.A, Sweden, Norway
Materials:
metal
Maker:
Colour:
silver, red, brown
Dimensions:
a) 7(h) x 6(diameter) cm b) 5.7(h) x 6.3(diameter) cm c) 6.5(h) x 6.8(diameter) cm
Object Condition:
Condition Date Check:
28/04/2009
Administration
Accession Number:
449.2008.1(a-c)
Creator:
Hermione Cooper
Accession Date:
21/11/2008
ID:
1
Category:

Camping
Location
Location:
Current Location
Bohuntin
Rules:
Spectrum : UK Museum documentation standard, V.3.1 2007