CUP (CHARKA)
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
On the handle in repoussé is Samson wrestling with the lion, while in the bottom of the charka is a rosette also in repoussé. Around the bowl in repoussé and light green and dark blue enamel are a series of three paired animals facing the tree-of-life, inscribed in Russian. Between each pair of animals is a floral motif against a background of green enamel with a blue border. Around the upper edge runs a long inscription in Russian.
- Object name:
- CUP (CHARKA)
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- enamel
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 17th c.
- Size:
- 9.5 × 7 cm (3 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.4
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973