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Creative Commons License
Standing Cup with Cover
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Gourd-shaped standing cups with the stem in the form of a tree trunk originated in western Europe during the 16th century but were frequently made in Moscow a century later. This piece also has designs of conventionalized foliage and shells executed in repoussé.
Inscription
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), St. Petersburg and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2016 | Konstantin Makovsky, The Tsar's Painter. Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens, Washington. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | Repaired to stabilize loose finial for travel. | |
| Examination | Repaired | |
| 8/4/2015 | Treatment | Repaired to secure finial prior to travel/loan. |
| 8/4/2015 | Treatment | Repaired |
Geographies
Russia, Moscow (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 15 3/8 in. (39 cm)
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.
57.808
