TUMBLER
Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
Lower part of the tumbler is cut in a fine diamond pattern. Upper part is decorated with engraved swags of leaves and flowers hanging from bowknots that meet in two crossed cornucopia. Above this is the cipher E II for Catherine the Great with the imperial crown above it. The base is faceted in 14 sections and bottom is cut in a sunburst pattern. No pontil mark is apparent.
- Object name:
- TUMBLER
- Made from:
- Glass
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- Late 18th c.-Early 19th c.
- Size:
- 10.6 × 7.9 cm (4 3/16 × 3 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.242
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- MONOGRAM cipher EII for Catherine the Great [Upper portion of one side of the tumbler]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973