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TUMBLER

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

Around the tumbler, or vase, is an elaborate decoration of rococo scrolls, leaves and strapwork partly in gilt gold and partly in silver. The foot and lip are gilt and also the interior.

Object name:
TUMBLER
Made from:
Silver -- parcel gilt
Made in:
Moscow, Russia
Date made:
1734-1767
Size:
19.2 × 11.3 cm (7 9/16 × 4 7/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
12.41
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
MARK bottom: three hallmarks, 1. St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, with an illegible date, 2. AN, 3. [transcription]; scratched figures: 9 5/4
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973