LIQUOR CUP
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Cup has floral decorations in niello on silver with a stippled ground. There are two medallions, one with a view of a village, and one with a seated woman in a landscape. On foot is a leaf rinceau in niello on silver with a stippled ground. Rest of cup gilded.
- Object name:
- LIQUOR CUP
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1834
- Size:
- 9.8 × 5.1 cm (3 7/8 × 2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.36
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK on bottom: 84 for silver standard, H.A./1834 in a square, A.K. in script; on lip 84, St, George and the Dragon for Moscow
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973