Folding Travel Cup

A remarkable and intriguing relic from the eminent French author, born Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin, better known by the masculine pen name she adopted early in her career. An early feminist, she also earned a footnote in musical history as the longtime romantic companion of pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin. 

A folding goblet ingeniously constructed of a base and two nesting cylinders of silvered metal, contained in its original leather case.  George Sand apparently traveled with this cup on her many voyages. The cup has some light tarnishing but is otherwise in fine condition; 3 inches (7.5 cm) tall when put together; 2.5 inches (6.5 cm) in diameter. The circular two-piece case, covered in leather and lined with red velvet, has significant losses to the lid and some wear to the outer leather; 2.75 inches (7 cm) in diameter.

From the collection of Christiane Sand, last descendent of the George Sand and author of A la table de George Sand (Flammarion, 1987).  (13578)

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