Plateau

19th century, after ca. 1635–40 original

Not on view

This electrotype is after a seventeenth-century original (Augsburg, ca. 1635–40) in the treasure of the Kremlin, Moscow. It was a gift to Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich by the ambassadors of the king of Poland, Wladislaw IV in 1647, together with a matching ewer.

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Title: Plateau
Manufacturer: Elkington & Co. (British, Birmingham, 1829–1963)
Date: 19th century, after ca. 1635–40 original
Culture: British, Birmingham, after German, Augsburg original
Medium: Electroformed copper, gilt
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 2 1/2 × 42 × 34 1/2 in. (6.4 × 106.7 × 87.6 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Electrotype
Credit Line: Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1883
Object Number: 83.18.265
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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