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- Description
- Silver-gilt and niello tulip-shaped covered cup with a cast S scroll grotesque handle and stepped circular pedestal base; low-domed, wide-rimmed cover has a cast flower knop or finial. A military figure on horseback, facing left with name or title in cyrillic below, is depicted in a circular reserve on front of body; rest of body and cover are filled with scrolls, foliage and flowers on a snakeskin ground. Gilt washed interior. Body and cover are by the same maker, but have different assay marks. Inside of cover is struck with four marks: "AK" in raised Cyrillic script in a rectangle, "A•K / 1848(?)" in a rectangle, "84" in a clipped-corner rectangle, and St. George slaying the dragon in a clipped-corner rectangle. Cup has three marks on front below rim, "AK", "84" and St. George, and three marks on underside of base, "84", "Н•д / 1839(?)" in raised Cyrillic in a rectangle, and "AK".
- Piece made in Moscow, but maker not identified. Cover assayed by Andrey Antonovich Kovalsky (assayer, 1821-1856), and cup by Nicolai Dubrovin (assayer, 1822-1855).
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- cup
- date cup made
- 1839
- date cover made
- 1848
- place made
- Russia: Moskva, Moscow
- Physical Description
- silver (overall material)
- gold (gilt wash material)
- niello (decoration material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 7/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 3 5/8 in; 14.9225 cm x 13.97 cm x 9.2075 cm
- ID Number
- DL.68.0603
- catalog number
- 68.0603
- accession number
- 202470
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. W. Murray Grace
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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