TAZZA (ONE OF TWO)
Creator(s): Demidov Lapidary Factory (Attributed to)
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
The flat malachite bowl of the tazza is rimmed in gilt bronze in a beaded border. It is mounted on a pedestal leg. The leg is made from malachite with gilt bronze mounts where it joins bowl. It rests on a triangular base which is in gilt bronze with a design of acanthus leaves on the top and onto the leg, and is plain at the very bottom. In the center of the bowl is a name in Cyrillic surmounted by coronet.
- Object name:
- TAZZA (ONE OF TWO)
- Made from:
- Malachite -- gilt bronze
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 24.4 × 23.3 cm (9 5/8 × 9 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.100.2
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION ДЕМИДОВЪ (Demidoff) surmounted by a coronet (in bronze) [inside bowl]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973