LARGE CUP WITH HANDLE
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The lip is engraved with a leaf scroll. Around the upper part are three oval medallions in repousse, 1. a woman in a seashell drawn by dolphins; 2. a woman seated at the left with a man and Cupid by a tree; 3. a woman in a chariot drawn by a man. Around the lower part there are three groups of three dancing women each, the groups separated by a Cupid seated and playing a lyre.
- Object name:
- LARGE CUP WITH HANDLE
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1829
- Size:
- 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.560
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK hallmarks: the crossed anchors and scepter for St. Petersburg; [transcription] for the tester and date, and the name Muller in Latin letters for the maker
- Credit line:
- Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1966