Coronation beaker

1896

Not on view

As a historical piece it is indicative, with its companion ladies' scarf (1991.414.2) of "official taste" in Imperial Russia in the last decade of the nineteenth century. Both beaker and scarf were issued to the public in very large numbers at the time of the coronation of Czar Nicholas II.

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Title: Coronation beaker
Date: 1896
Culture: Russian, Moscow
Medium: Enameled copper
Dimensions: Height: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Classification: Metalwork-Copper
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Anna Feltsman, 1991
Object Number: 1991.414.1
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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