TALL TUMBLER
Creator(s): Timofei Siluianov (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The sides are decorated in repousse and divided into three sections each with a medallion with a long frame of rococo scrolls. In the medallions are 1. a lion rampant holding a scepter, 2. Cupid cutting down a tree and 3. a one headed eagle with crown, globe and sceptre. The ring foot has vertical ribbing.
- Object name:
- TALL TUMBLER
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1751
- Size:
- 18.7 cm (7 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.46
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK bottom: 1. St. George and the Dragon for Moscow in a square frame, 2. AK in Cyrillic for Kuz'min Anisim, Moscow essayer in 1741-1752; 3. TS in Cyrillic for Siluyanov Timofei (active 1750-1802) 1751 is the only year that has a city mark in a square frame( afterwards it is arched) and still fit the time frame of both silversmith and essayer
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973