KETTLE AND STAND FROM A SERVICE MADE FOR GRAND DUCHESS EKATERINA MIKHAILOVNA OF RUSSIA
Creator(s): François-Désirée Froment-Meurice (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The large silver kettle is decorated with shell motifs and foliage against an engraved net background. The fluted collar bears the beaded monogram 'EM' under the Russian Imperial crown. The handle is adorned with groups of flowers, grapevine leaves and scrolls. The domed lid is topped with a sculptural finial of two lovebirds. The stand is equally decorative and richly modelled from intertwined grapevines with hanging grapes and leaves. A removable circular oil burner and holder is centrally placed within the elaborate silver structure.
- Object name:
- KETTLE AND STAND FROM A SERVICE MADE FOR GRAND DUCHESS EKATERINA MIKHAILOVNA OF RUSSIA
- Made from:
- Silver -- ivory
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- 1848-1851
- Size:
- .1: 15 × 11 × 13 in. (38.1 × 27.9 × 33 cm) .1a: 1 3/8 × 5 × 1 1/8 in. (3.5 × 12.7 × 2.9 cm) .2: 4 × 5 1/2 in. (10.2 × 14 cm) .3: 9 × 10 1/2 × 8 3/4 in. (22.9 × 26.7 × 22.2 cm) .4: 2 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (5.7 × 7 cm) .5: 1 5/8 × 1 1/2 in. (4.1 × 3.8 cm) Assembled: 20 1/2 in. (52.1 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2020.1.1-5
- Signature marks:
- HALLMARK Maker’s mark of François-Désiré Froment-Meurice [“Froment mark” used between 1833 and 1853]; French export mark [Mercury head used between 1840 and 1879] Kettle, lid, inner rim; kettle, handle, foliage Kokoshnik facing right, alpha 88: Russian silver marks for foreign silver, St. Petersburg/Leningrad, 1908-1926 Oil burner; stand, foliage MONOGRAM EM for Ekaterina Mikhailovna
- Credit line:
- Museum Purchase, 2020