TAZZA WITH NEOCLASSICAL DECORATION
Creator(s): Unknown (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
Russian silver two-handled bowl on square base. The upper portion of bowl is decorated with a Neoclassical frieze of a reclining Grecian woman pouring libation to a bowl. She is flanked by designs of lyres surrounded by acanthus and flowering wines. Lip is gadrooned. Handles in form of snakes ‘bite’ the lip to form attachment. Bowl rests on a vase made to resemble three pairs of feet. Square base at outer edge bordered with frieze of acorns and oak leaves. On the underside of the base is a screw-and-nut attachment.
- Object name:
- TAZZA WITH NEOCLASSICAL DECORATION
- Made from:
- Silver gilt
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1817-1825
- Size:
- 14.3 × 23.5 cm (5 5/8 × 9 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.635
- Signature marks:
- Struck with “84’ mark and mark of St. Petersburg (crossed anchors) A•I
- Credit line:
- Gift of Walter Beach, 2006