TUMBLER
Creator(s): Andrei Dement'ev (Attributed to)
Currently in storage
About this object
There is a plain band top and bottom with turning near the lip. The rest has a repoussé decoration in high relief. These consist of scrolls, plain and stippled and two birds of prey, one alighting, with its beak touching the foot; and the other with his wings raised, with its beak touching the wing.
- Object name:
- TUMBLER
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1774
- Size:
- 7.9 cm (3 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.34
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK bottom: four hallmarks, 1. St. George right for Moscow, 2. 1774, 3. A (?) D in Cyrillic script for Dement'ev Andrei(1743-1793); 4. AF(?)P in Cyrillic script in heart-shaped cartouche for Petrov Fedor (alderman in 1759-1784) monogram bottom: N I (?) in Latin script
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973