The Loving Cup

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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

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