COCONUT CUP
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The coconut is carved with three medallions, each with the busts of an emperor or empress, Peter I, Catherine I and Elizabeth, and each inscribed on a banderoll across the top with name and title. Peter wears a laurel wreath on his head, Catherine I has a star of an Imperial Order on her dress and Elizabeth wears the chain and badge of the Order of St. Andrew First Called. The coconut is mounted in silver with a baluster stem and a round base.
- Object name:
- COCONUT CUP
- Made from:
- Silver -- coconut
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 18th c.
- Size:
- 17.8 × 7.1 cm (7 × 2 13/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.47
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973