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