CUP FROM A VODKA SET
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Cups each have an ovoid medallion with a Moscow building in niello on a gilt ground. On opposite side is a round medallion with an engraved monogram on a gilt ground. A gilded band at top and base. Rest of background has all over nielloed vine scroll on a gilt and stippled ground.
- Object name:
- CUP FROM A VODKA SET
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- ca. 1880
- Size:
- 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.75.6
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, 84 in a square for silver standard, FR
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973