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VASE

Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)

On view in: Passageway to Dining Room


About this object

Glass is reddish color. Center piece is squat, bulging large at bottom, then a small bulge and a round top. On one side of the large bulge is a medallion with a gold border and flags at either side. Inside is the bust of General-Field Marshal Prince Kutuzov Smolensky in black on white enamel. On smaller bulge is a double headed eagle bearing swords and swags of laurel, on reverse and on front is a wreath in gilding and 1812 inside and flags on either side. On other side of large bulge is a medallion with portrait of Prince Barclay de Tolly.

Object name:
VASE
Made from:
Glass
Made in:
Russia
Date made:
1912
Size:
18.1 cm (7 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
23.212
Class:
GLASS
Signature marks:
INSCRIPTIONS КН. КУТУЗОВЪ-СМОЛЕНСКИЙ 1812 г. [Pr. Kutuzov-Smolensky, 1812] [Above portrait on medallion] КН. БАРКЛАЙ - И - ТОЛЛИ 1812 г. [Pr. Barclay de Tolly, 1812] [Above portrait on second medallion]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973