CHALICE
Creator(s): Unknown (Silversmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The cup is gilt and set in a silver basket en repoussé. This basket consisting of an interlace of branches, fruit and clouds with three winged cherubim and three cartouches with inscriptions. The knob has three winged cherub's heads en repoussé. The lobate base has three winged cherub's heads and three cartouches surrounded with branches and within the cartouches the symbols of the Passion.
- Object name:
- CHALICE
- Made from:
- Silver -- parcel gilt
- Made in:
- Belarus, Russia
- Date made:
- mid 18th Century
- Size:
- 25.4 x 16.4 x 9.1 cm (10 x 6 7/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.88
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK scratched on cup INSCRIPTIONS In each instance scenes are identified with initials in Cyrillic.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973