TUMBLER
Creator(s): Fedor Kryzhev (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
A narrow plain band near the bottom and a wide one near the top with turning near the lip. The rest has vigorous rococo scrolls, flowers (plain and stippled) on a plain ground and two eagles in repoussé with raised wings and detailed feathers.
- Object name:
- TUMBLER
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1760-1770
- Size:
- 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.39
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK bottom: St. George and the Dragon for Moscow; B . (?) in Cyrillic (probably B. A (for unknown essayer in 1760-1794); F K in Cyrillic ( F is in old Slavonic form) for Kryzhev Fedor (born in 1710, active in 1770s)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973