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Source Description
The tea glass holder (podstakannik) is decorated with white and foil-backed red and blue enamel in geometric patterns. Circumscribing the the holder in Church Slavonic in pierced work is the name of Princess Nadyejda Beloselsky-Belozersky (1847-1920), the sister of Russia's war hero General Mikhail D. Skobelev (1843-1882). Opposite the handle on the rim of the cup is a red enameled crown.
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Document identity
localId
82341
label
Tea Glass Holder
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
82341
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Tea Glass Holder
description
The tea glass holder (podstakannik) is decorated with white and foil-backed red and blue enamel in geometric patterns. Circumscribing the the holder in Church Slavonic in pierced work is the name of Princess Nadyejda Beloselsky-Belozersky (1847-1920), the sister of Russia's war hero General Mikhail D. Skobelev (1843-1882). Opposite the handle on the rim of the cup is a red enameled crown.
provenance
Sale, Sotheby's, Munich, December 8, 1999; purchased by Jean M. Riddell (throuh Leo Kaplan as agent), Washington, D.C., February 11, 2000; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2010.
date
1876
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
cups (drinking vessels)
teacups (drinking vessels)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
10.8
height
11
depth
7.4
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 1/4 x W: 4 5/16 x D: 2 15/16 in. (10.8 x 11 x 7.4 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Marks] On base in Cyrillic: POvchinnikov with Imperial warant
VS over 1876 (for Viktor Savinkov
Moscow assay master
active 1855-1888); [Symbols] 91
St. George; [Inscription] On holder in Old Slavonic: Nadezhaev losp iska bedozephkaia
med
silver gilding, champlevé and translucent enamel, glass
creator_ids
3889
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EAN
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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