2023 Jefferson Cup - Compton Tree

Product Description

The 2023 Collectible Jefferson Cup is the latest in our annual collectible Jefferson Cup series! This engraved Jefferson pewter cup bears on the front an image of the Compton Tree with the Colonial Williamsburg script logo and year 2023 on the reverse side. Makes a great keepsake and gift!

Features

• Made of fine pewter by Salisbury Pewter
• Engraved with an image of the Compton Tree on one side and the Colonial Williamsburg logo and year on the other
• Gift boxed
• Includes Jefferson Cup story card
• Lead-free and food-safe
• 3 1/8" diameter
• 8 ounce capacity
• A Colonial Williamsburg Exclusive

Product Care

Hand wash. 

Inspiration

The iconic Compton Oak Tree is a natural hybrid between the live oak (Quercus virginiana) and overcup oak (Quercus lyrata). The specimen at Colonial Williamsburg is a state-champion big tree, measuring over 70 feet tall and 97 feet wide, with a trunk circumference of 14 feet, thought to be the largest of its kind in the country. According to local legend, C. Justus Brouwers, the first landscape superintendent for The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, transplanted the young tree to Williamsburg around Colonial Williamsburg's Restoration, probably sometime between 1932 and 1936. 

Read more about the Compton Oak Tree in the article, A Tall Treasure from Trend and Tradition magazine.