Jumping up and down! MARVELOUS STORY!!!!
BRILLIANT!!!!
I’ve been in that museum. They have photos of my 3rd great grandfather’s house and garden, as well as gardener. My 2nd great grandfather’s house wasn’t far from there but is now gone.
We only had one family story that came down. Mother corresponded with father’s mother before they married and heard them from her. One was that the family had entertained Lafayette and they still had the wine glasses unwashed, though no one knew anymore which one he’d drunk from. Later research showed the story was true. Two different direct ancestors and one uncle had ALL separately entertained Lafayette, so have no idea which entertainment generated the family story goblets. Nor where they ended up.
You could have had Lafayette's DNA on that goblet!
But then again, what could one do with it?