TANKARD

Creator(s): Aleksandr Stromov (Silversmith)

On view in: Icon Room

About this object

The sides are decorated in repoussé with two rows of lozenges, one row pointing upward and the other downward, the alternate pairs having a formalized floral design also in repoussé, the other pairs being undecorated. There is a single row of these lozenges on the lid, alternately plain and decorated. On the top of the lid is a silver statuette of a peasant dancing. Around the foot is engraved an inscription in Russian. On the front of the tankard is engraved [ill.] with an inscription and the dates 1854-1879 and a monogram obviously indicating the tankard was an anniversary gift.

Object name:

TANKARD

Made from:

Silver gilt

Made in:

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Date made:

1876

Size:

29.8 cm (11 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

12.117

Class:

SILVER

Signature marks:

MARK bottom: 84, 1879, crossed anchor and scepters, P.K. in Cyrillic for unknown essayer, APS in Cyrillic for Stromov Aleksandr (1865-1875); handle: APS; lid: APS, 84 INSCRIPTION center: October 31 XXV; 1854-1879; monogram MIO (?) in Cyrillic; in Cyrillic "V znak priznatel'nosti ot V.A.Travnikova" (As a token of gratitude from V.A.Travnikov)

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973