TUMBLER
Creator(s): Ivan Sveshnikov (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
Sides flare outwards slightly and lip is turned outward. Around the sides are two large swags engraved with flowers and leaves. Rest of background has a cross hatching in niello.
- Object name:
- TUMBLER
- Made from:
- Silver -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1872
- Size:
- 7.5 cm (2 15/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.66
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK on bottom: St. George right and the Dragon for Moscow, ?/1872 , 84 in a square for silver standard, IAS in Cyrillic for Sveshnikov Ivan (owner of the small silver factory in 1866-1897); on rim: 84
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973