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TANKARD

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Icon Room


About this object

Around the cup is an all over arabesque of leaves and flowers in niello on silver, against a stippled gilt ground. On front is a medallion with a military scene. A mounted officer holds a spyglass to his eye, possibly to have a view of a sailing ship on the sea, and coming from the left are his troops. Scene is in niello on silver against a gilt stippled ground. Handle and leaves are decorated in rococo manner with flowers, leaves and scrolls.

Object name:
TANKARD
Made from:
Silver gilt -- niello
Made in:
Moscow, Russia
Date made:
1843
Size:
18.3 × 12.7 cm (7 3/16 × 5 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
13.49.1-2
Class:
NIELLO
Signature marks:
MARK on bottom: Moscow mark with date 1843, 84 in a square, A in a square; on inside of cup and lid: 84
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973