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Tea Glass Holder

Antip Ivanovich Kuzmichev (Russian, active ca. 1893-1917)1894

The Walters Art Museum

The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States

Encircling the holder is a wide band of scrolling vine and blossom motifs in blue, green, red, and orange plique-à-jour enamel. A row of pointed arches, each enclosing trefoils in blue and three red circles in plique-à-jour enamel, all against opaque white, extends around the lower portion of the vessel. These arches are separated by three orange and one violet lozenge shapes.

The thumb piece on the handle is inscribed with the monogram AC.

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  • Title: Tea Glass Holder
  • Creator: Antip Ivanovich Kuzmichev (Russian, active ca. 1893-1917)
  • Date Created: 1894
  • 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: Workshop: Antip Ivanovich Kuzmichev (Russian, active ca. 1893-1917)
  • Provenance: Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
  • Object Type: cups; holders (containers)
  • Medium: silver gilding, plique-à-jour and opaque filigree enamel
  • Inscriptions: [Maker's marks] In Cyrillic: AK, AA, over 1894, 84, St. George; [Inventory number] 4577
  • Dimensions: H: 3 1/8 x W: 4 3/16 x D: 2 15/16 in. (7.9 x 10.7 x 7.5 cm)
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010
  • Classification: Enamels
  • Accession Number: 44.844
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