An American presentation silver two-handled cup,

An American presentation silver two-handled cup,
by Gorham and Co. retailed by W. Wise and Son, Brooklyn,
slender vase form, scroll handles, on a raised circular foot, inscribed 'Presented by the Citizens of Brooklyn to Rene Vivani Citizen of France', the reverse inscribed 'Commemorating a Visit to Brooklyn to Dedicate The Harteau Memorial to the Marquis De Lafayette, May 10, 1917', height 36cm, approx. weight 42oz.

The Lafayette Monument is in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York.
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette was a French nobleman and is regarded as a hero of the
American War of Independence. He was a close friend of Washington, Hamilton & Thomas Jefferson.
The monument was unveiled in 1917 by Marshall Jofre of The French Army and René Viviani, Prime Minister of France during the first years of World War I.