GOBLET
Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
On one side of the bell-shaped bowl is a very finely engraved bust of Catherine II framed by war trophies (cannon, drums, bugle, drums, and swords). On the opposite face is the imperial eagle with cipher EA and the imperial crown. Rim is cold-worked. Stem has two faceted knops--one inverted baluster and one proper--and has been cut into facets. Base is plain.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.223
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION EA [cipher of Catherine (Ekaterina Alekseevna)] [Engraved on one side of the goblet]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973