FOOTED BEAKER WITH PROFILE PORTRAIT OF EMPRESS ELIZAVETA PETROVNA
Creator(s): Vasilii Nikitin (Attributed to)
Currently in storage
About this object
The upper part is covered with repoussé decoration. On one side is a medallion with the bust of the Empress Elizabeth I (Elizaveta Petrovna) facing to the right. On another side is a medallion with the Russian Imperial eagle and on a third side a medallion with the cipher of the Empress, laurel branches and the Imperial crown. Between each two medallions is a star and above and below are fruit and flowers. About the lower part are three small medallions with 1. a bird, 2. a dolphin, 3. a swan, with a star between medallions. The ring foot is plain. Interior is gilded.
- Object name:
- FOOTED BEAKER WITH PROFILE PORTRAIT OF EMPRESS ELIZAVETA PETROVNA
- Made from:
- Silver -- parcel gilt
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1740-1761
- Size:
- 11.1 cm (4 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.12
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973