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Source Description
Gourd-shaped standing cups with the stem in the form of a tree trunk originated in western Europe during the 16th century but were frequently made in Moscow a century later. This piece also has designs of conventionalized foliage and shells executed in repoussé.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
24484
label
Standing Cup with Cover
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
4
Source metadata
id
24484
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Standing Cup with Cover
description
Gourd-shaped standing cups with the stem in the form of a tree trunk originated in western Europe during the 16th century but were frequently made in Moscow a century later. This piece also has designs of conventionalized foliage and shells executed in repoussé.
provenance
Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), St. Petersburg and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1748 (Early Modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
cups (drinking vessels)
imageCount
4
pageCount
4
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 15 3/8 in. (39 cm)
Source extras
cul
Russian
style
Baroque
inscriptions
[Mark] ГГ; AB; 1748
dynasty
House of Romanov
reign
Elizabeth Petrovna (1741-1762)
RelatedObjects
26390
med
silver, parcel gilding
creator_ids
6214
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
3393
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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no