Cup
date: label: date made
content: 1843
notes: label: Description
content: Silver-gilt and niello tapered cylindrical covered cup with flared rim, applied reeded foot ring, and a cast S scroll handle; low-domed, stepped cover has a cast, leafy scrolled, triangular knop or finial with a putti sitting at center with arms raised. Two men in classical military dress, one standing and one seated with names or title in cyrillic on pedestal below, are depicted in a circular reserve on front of body; rest of body and cover are filled with scrolls, foliage and flowers on a snakeskin ground. Gilt washed interior. Body and cover are by the same maker, but marks differ. Inside of cover is struck with three marks: St. George slaying the dragon in a conforming surround, the raised Cyrillic cursive letters "ГГ" in an oval, and "84" in a rectangle. Cup has "84" mark on front below rim and three marks on underside of flat bottom, "A•K / 1843" in raised Cyrillic in a rectangle, "84" in a clipped-corner rectangle, St. George slaying the dragon in a clipped-corner rectangle, and the raised Cyrillic cursive letters "ГГ" in an oval.
label: Description
content: Piece made in Moscow, but maker not identified. Assayed by Andrey Antonovich Kovalsky (assayer, 1821-1856).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Russia: Moskva, Moscow
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. W. Murray Grace
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.68.0604
label: catalog number
content: 68.0604
label: accession number
content: 202470
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cup
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (gilt wash material)
label: Physical Description
content: niello (decoration material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 5 3/8 in x 3 3/4 in; 16.51 cm x 13.6525 cm x 9.525 cm