CUPID
Creator(s): Grachev Brothers (Firm)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The statuette is of a kneeling Cupid wearing a piece of drapery around his waist and a flask hung from a strap around his shoulder. He looks upward, shading his face with his right hand. His left hand is raised.
- Object name:
- CUPID
- Made from:
- Silver -- velvet
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- Late 19th c.
- Size:
- 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.176
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK Crossed anchors and sceptor for Saint Petersburg and the silver standard 84 combined; Brothers Grachev combined with Imperial eagle indicating an Imperial warrant [On the drapery]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973