TUMBLER
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Around the tumbler are three medallions in elaborate cartouches surmounted by canopies. The center medallion has an eagle in flight, another a hare running in the field and the third a bird alighting. Between these are sprays, leaves and three animal masks. The decoration is in repoussé.
- Object name:
- TUMBLER
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1748
- Size:
- 18.3 × 11.6 cm (7 3/16 × 4 9/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.14
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK bottom: three hallmarks, 1. St. George and the Dragon for Moscow and the date 1748, 2. M K, 3. A K; scratched on bottom: 1172
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973