The Anthora is a design for a disposable paper cup for coffee that has become iconic of New York City daily life.
[2] One New York Times writer in 1995 called the Anthora "perhaps the most successful cup in history".
When he retired from Sherri Cup Company in 1992, he was presented with 10,000 Anthoras printed with a testimonial inscription.
After Buck's death in 2010, a New York Times writer described the motto on the cup as having "welcome intimations of tenderness, succor, and humility".
[1][12] In 2003, Graham Hill of the design group ExceptionLab designed a ceramic replica reproducing the construction of the paper cup as a skeuomorph, converting it from disposable to permanent;[13] it is sold at the Museum of Modern Art shop.