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Tray with Six Small Cups
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The six cups are shaped with five lobes, each set with silver appliqués in patterns similar to the flowers hanging from ribbons found on the teapot (44.724). The tray, which may not have originally been matched with the teapot and the cups, is divided into eight pie-shaped sections. Each of these contains floral and vegetative motifs in silver appliqués. In the center of the tray, a circle, decidedly of western European influence, encloses a unicorn, a rampant lion, and a fleur-de-lys. The tray is supported by four flat vertical feet.
Provenance
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Acquired by Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C.; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2010.
Exhibitions
| 1987 | Old Russian Enamels. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. |
Geographies
Russia, Vologda, Velikii Ustiug (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Diam of tray: 8 7/16 in. (21.5 cm); H of cups: 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.725
