The Loving Cup

The Loving Cup

The Loving Cup was awarded to the first-place winners of the Lover's Race. The cup itself is a repurposed ceramic chamber pot. The chamber pot has a white body, green vegetal motifs, and a handle. Written in red and blue paint, and black marker, on top of the glaze, are the names of the winners of the race. A Fleet burgee is painted on the inside of the cup, at the bottom. Writing on the outside of the cup reads: NORTHEAST HARBOR FLEET LOVING CUP 1ST PLACE LOVER’S RACE Writing on the inside of the cup reads: xxxx - Mr. + Mrs. Charles L. Ill - Larus xxxx - Mr. + Mrs. Charles L. Ill - Frenchy 1969 - Mr. + Mrs Alan McIlhenny - XV 1970 - Mr. + Mrs. Charles L. Ill - Frenchy 1971 - Mr. + Mrs Alan McIlhenny - XV 1972 - Mr. + Mrs. David Rockefeller Jr Bat III 1973 - Mr. + Mrs. David Rockefeller Jr. Bat III 1974 - Mrs Rodman E. Thompson Jr. + Mr. F. E. Peabody - Boat 1975 - Mr. + Mrs Alan McIlhenny - XV 1976 - Mrs A. C. Gilkes Mr J. C. Henry - Alondra 1977 - Mr + Mrs Minturn V. Chace - Arcturus 1978 - Mr + Mrs Minturn V. Chace - Eve 1979 - Mr + Mrs Shepard [Ha]rris - New Penn[?] 1980 - Mr. + Mrs Alan McIlhenny - XV 1981 - Mrs Rodman E. Thompson Jr. Minturn V. Chace - Boat 1982 - Mr. + Mrs Alan McIlhenny - XV 1983 - Mrs. R. Cobb [Mr.] J. C. Henry - Fox