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TANKARD

Creator(s): Vasilii Nikitin (Silversmith)

On view in: Pavilion


About this object

The tankard with three ball feet has an elaborate repoussé design around its sides with a continuous scene with trees, an angel at the left, a seated woman with crown in the center and a seated woman with a laurel spray at the right. On the cover en repoussé is a profile bust of a man in a wig identified as General-Admiral Count Fedor Matveevich Apraksin (after a model struck in 1708).

Object name:
TANKARD
Made from:
Silver gilt
Made in:
Moscow, Russia
Date made:
1748
Size:
13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
12.15
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
MARK 1. St. George right for Moscow with 1748, 2. VN in Cyrillic in shaped cartouche for Nikitin Vasilii (workmaster in 1737-1767); 3. AK in Cyrillic for Kuz'min Anisim (essayer in 1741-1752); inscribed AT in Cyrillic [Bottom]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973