TUMBLER

Creator(s): Glassworks of Prince Potemkin (Manufacturer)

On view in: Russian Porcelain Room

About this object

Cobalt blue glass tumbler is decorated with painted silver medallions containing ciphers. Each is surmounted by the Russian Imperial crown. Tiny bugs and birds decorate some of the empty spaces.

Object name:

TUMBLER

Made from:

Glass

Made in:

Ozerki, Russia

Date made:

ca. 1785

Size:

12.1 cm (4 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

23.248

Class:

GLASS

Signature marks:

MONOGRAM in Latin letters: T E A for Tsaritsa Ekaterina Alekseevna; T P P for Tsarevich Pavel Petrovich; M F for Mariia Fedorovna; A P for Alexandr Pavlovich; K P for Konstantin Pavlovich; A P for Alexandra Pavlovna; E P for Elena Pavlovna

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973