CUP ON CLAW AND BALL FEET

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Icon Room

About this object

On sides of cup are engraved three swags supporting bunches of fruit and flowers. Background is an all over vine pattern in niello on a silver ground. Above each of the three ball and claw feet is a cartouche with an openwork design of flowers and fruit.

Object name:

CUP ON CLAW AND BALL FEET

Made from:

Silver gilt -- niello

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

18th c.

Size:

7.9 x 8.3 cm (3 1/8 x 3 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

13.1

Class:

NIELLO

Signature marks:

MARK underneath

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973