TANKARD
Creator(s): Aleksandr Stromov (Silversmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The sides are decorated in repoussé with two rows of lozenges, one row pointing upward and the other downward, the alternate pairs having a formalized floral design also in repoussé, the other pairs being undecorated. There is a single row of these lozenges on the lid, alternately plain and decorated. On the top of the lid is a silver statuette of a peasant dancing. Around the foot is engraved an inscription in Russian. On the front of the tankard is engraved [ill.] with an inscription and the dates 1854-1879 and a monogram obviously indicating the tankard was an anniversary gift.
- Object name:
- TANKARD
- Made from:
- Silver gilt
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1876
- Size:
- 29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.117
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK bottom: 84, 1879, crossed anchor and scepters, P.K. in Cyrillic for unknown essayer, APS in Cyrillic for Stromov Aleksandr (1865-1875); handle: APS; lid: APS, 84 INSCRIPTION center: October 31 XXV; 1854-1879; monogram MIO (?) in Cyrillic; in Cyrillic "V znak priznatel'nosti ot V.A.Travnikova" (As a token of gratitude from V.A.Travnikov)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973