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TUMBLER

Creator(s): Kornilov Brothers Factory (Manufacturer)

On view in: Pavilion


About this object

On front in sepia is painted a laurel wreath surmounted with a sunburst. Within a wreath is the bust of Pushkin on a lyre with a scroll and quill pen. On opposite side in green is a poem. The cup commemorates the 100th anniversary of the poet's birth with an excerpt from his work beginning "no, all of me will not die!..."

Object name:
TUMBLER
Made from:
Porcelain
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
1900
Size:
9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
25.162
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK stamp of Kornilov factory, double headed eagle [On back] INSCRIPTION 1799-1899 26 May Pushkin; overglaze red A "No, all of me will not die.."
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973