TUMBLER
Creator(s): Daum Frères (Firm)
On view in: Second Floor Hallway
About this object
On the front is a cartouche in gold with NA in red surmounted by the imperial crown in red, gold and white. Below it is the date 1896 in red. On the opposite side in a gold medallion is the double headed eagle in black and a shield of arms in colors. Around the remaining surface of the tumbler is a traditional Russian design in gold.
- Object name:
- TUMBLER
- Made from:
- Glass
- Made in:
- Nancy, France
- Date made:
- 1896
- Size:
- 10.5 × 9.1 cm (4 1/8 × 3 9/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 23.111
- Class:
- GLASS
- Signature marks:
- MARKS Daum [+] Nancy Fecit 1896 [In gilt on underside of tumbler] INSCRIPTION Tsar Nicolas / Gobelet du Couronnement / Fac Simile [In gilt on underside of tumbler; Trans: Tsar Nicholas / Coronation Goblet / Facsimile] SYMBOL [State Seal of the Imperial Russian Government, i.e. a black double-headed eagle, crowned, and holding an orb and sceptre in its talons.] [On side of tumbler] MONOGRAM / DATE NA / II /1896 [On one side of tumbler.] [The initials are those of Nicholas II and Alexandra. They are rendered in a script reminiscent of Church Slavonic.]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973