Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

The extremely heavy glass beaker is cut with a series of interlaced ridges and diamond patterns on the sides. In a smoothly polished medallion is engraved the phrase "I drink to the health of the person I love with all my soul" in Russian. Beneath this is a large knop, its edges cut with a diamond pattern. Base is flower shaped and engraved underneath.

Made from:

Glass

Made in:

Russia

Date made:

1800-1849

Size:

11.4 x 7.9 cm (4 1/2 x 3 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

23.102

Class:

GLASS

Signature marks:

INSCRIPTION "Kogo dushei liubliu,/ Togo zdorov'e p'iu." (I drink to the health of the person I love with all my soul.) In a fine cursive engraving on a medallion on front of beaker.

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973