My late Mother had this mug.
Well, she didn’t have the actual mug shown in this image. This is a picture of a replacement mug I purchased after the original was knocked off a counter by a cat.
I had given my daughter the mug when going through my Mom’s things and, when my daughter moved, the mug fell off a counter and broke into numerous pieces when it encountered the floor.
My daughter now has a mug that she calls “Grandma’s mug.” But it’s not really the same one her Grandma had. This mug of course is not an antique and it’s not something that is being put forth as having been in the family for generations. The replacement was mainly for sentimental reasons.
Do you know the provenance of that item one of your relatives had? Was that trunk your grandparent had in their home really one brought over by an early ancestor or one your grandparent purchased at an estate sale? Was the clock you thought had been in the family for generations one that your grandmother’s mother purchased from a neighbor and one that had actually been in the neighbor’s family for years?
Document the provenance of an item that you know for certain–including any stories about the item that had been passed down by previous family members. Clearly indicate how you came to obtain the item and what you know about it and what information came from others. In the case of the trunk and the clock in the previous paragraph, all that may be known is that a grandparent had the item (unless there’s some identifying information on it).
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