Lelands - The Best Sports Memorabilia and Card Auction Site

Lot # 80: 1897 Lithopane Football Mug

Category: Football

Starting Bid: $300.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

Time Left: Auction closed

Lot / Auction Closed




This lot is closed. Bidding is not allowed.

Item was in Auction "Winter 2006 Catalog",
which ran from 11/11/2006 12:00 AM to
12/15/2006 9:00 PM



One of the most interesting football pieces you will see. Pewter tankard is engraved on the front, "HUFBA Class Championship 1897 Won by Ninety Nine G.W. Thompson 2B." However, most wondrously, when you look through the glass bottom you see a stellar image of the team itself in sumptuous detail. Glass bottom tankards were created so men in pubs (heroes and villains alike) could see their enemies as they approached (while their mugs were tipped). Photographic football images on glass bottomed tankards were created to make today’s collectors salivate. 9.5” tall. EX-MT

Views: 152