CHALICE
Creator(s): Ivan Fedorov (Silversmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The gilt cup sits in a silver openwork basket of acanthus leaves, rosettes in rectangles, etc. There are four enameled medallions, which, while contemporary, are like the other medallions on the chalice that were not made for it originally. The enamels, in blue, white and grisaille, represent half-length figures, 1. Christ blessing, 2. St. John the Baptist, 3. Christ carrying the cross and 4. the Mother of God. The central portion is baluster-shaped and engraved with several rows of acanthus leaves. The bell-shaped base has a row of engraved acanthus leaves on the lower portion, and above, four medallions with engraved leaf frames. Here also are four enameled medallions with engraved leaf frames. Here also are four enameled medallions which are contemporary, but which were not made for the chalice originally. They represent: 1. Gethsemene, 2. the mocking of Christ, 3. the road to Calvary and 4. the Entombment. On each of them, Christ is identified. On the inside of the foot is roughly engraved in Russian: "Deacon Peter Michael to the Church of the Birth of the Virgin."
- Object name:
- CHALICE
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- enamel
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1804
- Size:
- 27.8 × 10.2 cm (10 15/16 × 4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.92
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARKS АОП [?] [AOP [?] in Cyrillic in a heart-shaped mark], 84, [?].B / 1804 [[?]V in Cyrillic, essayer's mark], St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, I[?]Ф [I[?]F in Cyrillic, master's mark, probably for Ivan Fedorov] [lower edge of base]; АОB [?] [AOV [?] in Cyrillic in a heart-shaped mark], [?]Ф [[?]F in Cyrillic, master's mark], St. George and the Dragon, 84, I.B / 1804 [I V in Cyrillic, essayer's mark for Ivan Vikhlyaev, 1802-1818]; 84, St. George and the Dragon [on stem] INSCRIPTIONS "Accept the Body of Christ, taste of the Immortal Source." [engraved in Cyrillic around the lip of the cup]; in each instance scenes are identified with initials in Cyrillic [on enameled medallions]; Дияконъ Петръ Михаилъ въ церьковъ рожество Богородицы [in Cyrillic underneath. Trans.: Deacon Peter Michael to the Church of the Birth of the Virgin.]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973