CHALICE
Creator(s): Unknown (Silversmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The cup is in gilt and set in a silver basket-like openwork of interlaced quatre foils. This has four oval enameled medallions surrounded by table-cut brilliants. These are enameled with 1. Christ blessing (inscribed [transcription]), 2. St. John the Baptist holding a cup and a scroll (inscribed [transcription]), 3. Christ on the cross (inscribed: [transcription]), 4. the Mother of God [transcription]. The central portion is an urn-shaped baluster. The base has a repoussé design of leaves and flowers and is set with four medallions each surrounded with table cut brilliants. These medallions have the following scenes: 1. Gethsemene, 2. Christ before Caiphas, the high priest, 3. the road to Calvary, 4. the Entombment. In each Christ is identified by [transcription]. Around the cup runs the inscription in Russian: "Accept the Body of Christ; taste of the Immortal Source."
- Object name:
- CHALICE
- Made from:
- Silver -- parcel gilt -- enamel
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1791
- Size:
- 31.8 x 12.2 cm (12 1/2 x 4 13/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.86
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK on lip: four hallmarks, 1. St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, 2. [transcription], 3. [transcription], 4. an illegible mark; baluster portion: three hallmarks: 1. St. George and the Dragon for Moscow and date 179_, 2. no. 4 repeated, 3. A B
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973