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Small Cup
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Silver, parcel gilt. Exterior of bowl ornamented in niello with landscape and coat of arms of Tschitscherin family (Estonia). Handle in relief in form of twig attached to bowl by leaves in relief; possibly later addition.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Alexandre Polovtsoff (Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov), Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Russia, Tula (Place of Origin)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.1034
