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Beaker
Andrei Mikhailovich Postnikov (Russian, active 1868-1898)1873
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
The surfaces are decorated with formal, geometric and diaper designs in champlevé enamel executed in the traditional colors in the early 1870s -- red, blue, white and green. Dots have been incised in the beaker's surface to outline the enameled patterns and to provide a more muted surface. This decorative scheme may have been inspired by peasant embroidery.
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Details
- Title: Beaker
- Creator: Andrei Mikhailovich Postnikov (Russian, active 1868-1898)
- Date Created: 1873
- External Link: For more information about this and thousands of other works of art in the Walters Art Museum collection, please visit art.thewalters.org
- Roles: Artist: Andrei Mikhailovich Postnikov (Russian, active 1868-1898)
- Provenance: Acquired by Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C.; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2010.
- Object Type: cups; beakers (drinking vessels)
- Medium: silver gilding, champlevé enamel
- Inscriptions: [Marks] On base in Cyrillic: A Postnikov, AS over 1873; [Translation] A. Svechin, Moscow assay master, 1862-1875; [Marks] 91, illegible mark; [Inventory number] 9651 / KM11
- Dimensions: H: 3 9/16 x Diam: 2 1/2 in. (9.1 x 6.4 cm)
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010
- Classification: Enamels
- Accession Number: 44.787
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