Tea Cup and Holder
1908
House of Fabergé
House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
Decorative Art and Design
Tea Cup and Holder, 1908. House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918). Silver, glass; handle: 7.6 cm (3 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hiller-Borneman Collection 2021.157 Fabergé drew upon different historical styles and applied them to the same object type with a consistently high level of finesse. The holder for this tea glass incorporates a range of classicizing ornamental designs from the turn of the nineteenth century, such as the Greek key pattern on the horizontal bands and the intermittent palmettes. The history of the palmette, a motif resembling fan-shaped palm leaves, can be traced back to ancient Egypt.
- Maker/Artist
- House of Fabergé
- Classification
- Glass
- Formatted Medium
- silver, glass
- Dimensions
- Handle: 7.6 cm (3 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Дорогому А. В. Вержбилович Признательный Митя Шагинъ 19 I/III 08 Translation: To dear A. V. Verzhibilovich Gratefully, Mitya Shagin 19 I/III 08 Remark: Aleksandr Verzhbilovich (1850-1911) was a Russian classical cellist. Mitya is a nickname of Dmitri. A note about the spelling of Шагинъ: it has the "ъ" at the end, which was added at the end of most words ending in a consonant in the nominative case in the pre-1918 spelling. This usage was abolished around the Revolution, and the letter is usually left off in contemporary spelling. Therefore, the name should probably be spelled Шагин today.
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 2021.157
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Hiller-Borneman Collection
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 211 Fabergé
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