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Source Description
On the spoon's bowl, two blue, red, turquoise and white fish, in pierced plique-à-jour enamel, swim among bulrushes. The fish on the reverse are speckled and hover in the water above the sand. Water eddies are suggested by parallel lines of filigree on grey enamel. The handle is twisted and terminates in a filigree-enameled section and a finial.Grachev incorporated a similar fish into a plique-à-jour teacup, saucer, and spoon, which were exhibited in Munich in 1986/87.
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Document identity
localId
82353
label
Spoon with Images of Fish
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
id
82353
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Spoon with Images of Fish
description
On the spoon's bowl, two blue, red, turquoise and white fish, in pierced plique-à-jour enamel, swim among bulrushes. The fish on the reverse are speckled and hover in the water above the sand. Water eddies are suggested by parallel lines of filigree on grey enamel. The handle is twisted and terminates in a filigree-enameled section and a finial.Grachev incorporated a similar fish into a plique-à-jour teacup, saucer, and spoon, which were exhibited in Munich in 1986/87.
provenance
Russian Sale, Sotheby's, New York, December 6, 1994, Lot 260; purchased by Jean M. Riddell (Leo Kaplan as agent), Washington, D.C., December 8, 1994; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2010.
date
before 1873
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
spoons
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
18.5
height
6
dimensionsRaw
L: 7 5/16 x W: 2 3/8 in. (18.5 x 6 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Symbols] crossed anchors and scepter; [Mark] In Cyrillic: GR
med
silver gilding, filigree and plique-à-jour enamel
creator_ids
31676
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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eda1cc520c7e357b
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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48a47762f34e7860
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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2b5a4b7e6c0705f6
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no
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no