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Source Description
Around the body of the cup is a silver envelope with pierced designs and three portrait medallions in repoussé. The finial of the cover is designed as a double-headed eagle.
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Document identity
localId
24053
label
Covered Cup with Large Foot
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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4
Source metadata
id
24053
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Covered Cup with Large Foot
description
Around the body of the cup is a silver envelope with pierced designs and three portrait medallions in repoussé. The finial of the cover is designed as a double-headed eagle.
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
1745 (Early Modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
cups (drinking vessels)
drinking vessels
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 13/16 in. (14.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Russian
style
Baroque
inscriptions
Bears the marks of an unknown maker 'VD'
who was active 1741-1753. It also bears the assayer's mark of Andrei Zaitsev who was active from 1735-1749. Several marks on rim: Moscow 1745.
dynasty
House of Romanov
reign
Elizabeth I (1741-1762)
med
silver, parcel gilt
creator_ids
6214
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
69
Page inventory
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photo
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photo
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photo
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photo
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