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Source Description
Painted in matte enamel on the front faces of both the creamer and the sugar bowl are large vignettes showing in profile and in three quarters length a boyarina presenting on a tray a salt chair posited on a loaf of bread. Her rushnyk, or towel, is embroidered in red. Standing on a porch which is mostly concealed by snow-covered shrubbery, she wears a heavy green, fur-lined coat. Although the sun is waning, a white kremlin is visible in the background. These silver utensils are rendered in stil moderne, or Russian Art Nouveau, as is apparent in both handles' shapes and their repoussé surfaces which have been worked to show large pine trees and curlicues suggesting clouds.
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Document identity
localId
82403
label
Creamer
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
82403
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Creamer
description
Painted in matte enamel on the front faces of both the creamer and the sugar bowl are large vignettes showing in profile and in three quarters length a boyarina presenting on a tray a salt chair posited on a loaf of bread. Her rushnyk, or towel, is embroidered in red. Standing on a porch which is mostly concealed by snow-covered shrubbery, she wears a heavy green, fur-lined coat. Although the sun is waning, a white kremlin is visible in the background. These silver utensils are rendered in stil moderne, or Russian Art Nouveau, as is apparent in both handles' shapes and their repoussé surfaces which have been worked to show large pine trees and curlicues suggesting clouds.
provenance
Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
date
1908-1917
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
creamers
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
11.5
height
10.2
depth
6.9
dimensionsRaw
H with handle: 4 1/2 x W with spout and handle: 4 x D: 2 11/16 in. (11.5 x 10.2 x 6.9 cm)
Source extras
style
Stil moderne (Russian Art Nouveau)
inscriptions
[Symbols] On base: kokoshnik right
84; [Marks] On base in Cyrillic: IL
O.Kurliukov; [Translation] Ivan Lebedkin
Moscow assay master; [Marks] On handle in Cyrillic: OK; [Symbol] On handle: circular kokoshnik left
med
silver, painted enamel
creator_ids
31573
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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f28065d06a32389b