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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