Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

The cup portion is oval in shape. It has four panels decorated with rococo motifs in low relief and repoussé; in each a rococo frame surrounds a different pattern; near the handle, a scale motif; to the right, cross-hatching; opposite handle, stippling; last, wavy or horizontal engraved lines. There is a small crimp in the top center of three of the panels (not the one with the handle). The jagged twig-like handle is undecorated. The oval foot is crimped.

Made from:

Silver

Made in:

Russia

Date made:

18th c.

Size:

3 cm (1 3/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

12.547

Class:

SILVER

Signature marks:

MARK underneath: 1. St. George and the Dragon for Moscow (date illegible), 2. [transcription], 3. [transcription]; on handle: partial impressed mark which is illegible

Credit line:

Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1968