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Source Description
Drinking cups like this one, called a "bratina" in Russian, were passed around at ceremonail banquets. They were usually made of gilded silver, but ours has been fashioned from a coconut shell. An exotic fruit in Northern Europe, coconuts were highly prized during the 17th century and often mounted in silver.
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Document identity
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27974
label
Drinking Cup (Bratina)
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27974
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normalized
title
Drinking Cup (Bratina)
description
Drinking cups like this one, called a "bratina" in Russian, were passed around at ceremonail banquets. They were usually made of gilded silver, but ours has been fashioned from a coconut shell. An exotic fruit in Northern Europe, coconuts were highly prized during the 17th century and often mounted in silver.
provenance
Countess Luibov Aleksandrovna Musina-Pushkina (born Kusheleva-Bezborodko), Saint Petersburg, prior to 1904, by purchase; Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov (Alexandre Polovtsoff), Saint Petersburg and Paris [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1660-1690 (early Modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
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en
genreSpecific
Enamels
cups (drinking vessels)
bratinas
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12
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source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11.8
height
10
dimensionsRaw
Overall H: 4 5/8 × Diam: 3 15/16 in. (11.8 × 10 cm)
Source extras
cul
Russian
style
Baroque
med
silver gilt, filigree enamel, coconut, colored stones
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6214
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BAR
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1994
69
956
3423
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