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Source Description
This vessel has designs of conventionalized foliage executed in repoussé. The lid is topped with a double-headed eagle, while Atlas, the ancient god who supported the heavens on his shoulders, serves as the cup's stem.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
26390
label
Standing Cup with Cover
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
26390
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Standing Cup with Cover
description
This vessel has designs of conventionalized foliage executed in repoussé. The lid is topped with a double-headed eagle, while Atlas, the ancient god who supported the heavens on his shoulders, serves as the cup's stem.
provenance
Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), St. Petersburg and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1760 (Early Modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
cups (drinking vessels)
drinking vessels
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27
height
9.5
dimensionsRaw
Overall Cup H: 10 5/8 × Diam: 3 3/4 in. (27 × 9.5 cm)Overall Lid H: 5 5/8 × Diam: 3 13/16 in. (14.3 × 9.7 cm)Overall Cup with Lid H: 15 15/16 in. (40.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Russian
style
Baroque
inscriptions
[Inscription] Several marks on lip and leg of figure including the date 1760
dynasty
House of Romanov
reign
Elizabeth (1741-1761)
med
silver, parcel gilding
creator_ids
6214
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
69
3393
3423
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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photo
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84e9b08692269654
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3
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photo
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