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Covered Cup
1753
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
The sides of this cup contain medallions with a profile portrait of Elizabeth I, Empress of Russia from 1741-1762, the double-headed eagle (emblem of the Russian Empire) and the empress's monogram EP (Elizabeth Petrovna) placed under a crown. The mask-like foliate design in the repoussé indicates a Dutch influence. The cup was made by an unknown silversmith who signed with the initials 'VD', active 1741-1753, and assayed by Egor Ivanov, active 1752-1758.
Cups such as this were presented to members of the empress's guard regiments.
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Details
- Title: Covered Cup
- Creator: Egor Ivanov (Russian, 1752-1758)
- Date Created: 1753
- 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
- Style: Baroque
- Roles: Other: Egor Ivanov (Russian, 1752-1758), Metalworker: V. D. (Russian, 1741-1753)
- Reign: Elizabeth I (1741-1762)
- Provenance: Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Saint Petersburg and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Period: Early Modern
- Object Type: cups; drinking vessels
- Medium: silver, parcel gilt
- Exhibitions: Russian Art: Icons and Decorative Arts from the Origin to the Twentieth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1959-1960.
- Dimensions: H: 6 1/8 x Diam: 3 1/8 in. (15.6 x 7.9 cm) Cup H: 4 5/16 x Diam:3 1/8 in. (11 x 7.9 cm) Lid H: : 2 1/2 x Diam: 3 1/8 in. (6.3 x 8 cm)
- Culture: Russian
- Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929
- Classification: Gold, Silver & Jewelry
- Accession Number: 57.815
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