TUMBLER
Creator(s): Mikhail Klushin (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
A plain band at the top and bottom with turning near the lip. Around the sides are three medallions with elaborate frames of leaves, shells etc., plain and stippled. One medallion has a bird sitting in a tree branch, two each with a running animal. There are two initials near the lip, J D.
- Object name:
- TUMBLER
- Made from:
- Silver
- Date made:
- 1745
- Size:
- 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.13
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK bottom: three hallmarks 1. St. George right for Moscow and the date 1745; 2. MK in Cyrillic for Klushin Mikhail Maksimovich (2nd quarter of XVIIIc - 1756); 3. CG in Latin letters for Grigor'ev Kuz'ma (Moscow essayer in 1741-1749)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973