TUMBLER
Creator(s): Glassworks of Prince Potemkin (Manufacturer)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
Cobalt blue glass tumbler is decorated with painted silver medallions containing ciphers. Each is surmounted by the Russian Imperial crown. Tiny bugs and birds decorate some of the empty spaces.
- Object name:
- TUMBLER
- Made from:
- Glass
- Made in:
- Ozerki, Russia
- Date made:
- ca. 1785
- Size:
- 12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.248
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- MONOGRAM in Latin letters: T E A for Tsaritsa Ekaterina Alekseevna; T P P for Tsarevich Pavel Petrovich; M F for Mariia Fedorovna; A P for Alexandr Pavlovich; K P for Konstantin Pavlovich; A P for Alexandra Pavlovna; E P for Elena Pavlovna
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973