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