TANKARD
Creator(s): Peter Andreas Möller (Silversmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Around the upper part of the cup section are three medallions in repousse with classical scenes: 1. Venus riding on a shell drawn by dolphins; 2. a seated figure and another one tying Cupid to a tree with a garland of roses; 3. Minerva in a chariot drawn by a young man. Around the lower half of the cup section is a frieze of classical figures dancing and playing musical instruments, all in repousse. There is a decorative band at the bottom and one with a vine scroll at the lip. The detachable cover has a leaf and vine scroll engraved. The handle to the detachable cover and the thumb piece on the handle is in each instance the helmeted head of a man. The interior is gilt.
- Object name:
- TANKARD
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1829
- Size:
- 17.8 cm (7 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.208.1-2
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK inside the cover are five hallmarks: 1. the crossed scepters and anchor for St. Petersburg; 2. [transposition]; 3. [transposition]; 4. [transposition]; 5. [transposition]. All these are repeated on the bottom of the cup section
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973