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GOP campaign mugs of Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge

GOP campaign mugs of Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge Glazed porcelain click to enlarge view 3click to enlarge view 2click to enlarge view 1

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    Glazed porcelain by Charlotte Shaull Blevins, 1960

    Nixon: 13.8 cm x 19 cm (includes nose and handle) x 8.2 cm diameter at base
    Lodge: 13.8 cm x 15 cm (includes nose and handle) x 8.2 cm diameter at base


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    [ This description is from the project: MHS 225th Anniversary ]

    This unique set of porcelain mugs depicting the heads of Richard M. Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Republican candidates for president and vice president in the election of 1960, once belonged to U.S. Representative Richard B. Wigglesworth. The handles are in the shape of elephants' trunks.