Goblet with coat of arms of the Dolgorouki Princes
Goblet with coat of arms of the Dolgorouki Princes
Russia, Moscow
1894
Silver; casting, chasing, painted enamel, gilding
Height 34.2 cm
Marks: 1) the firm's: "C. Faberge" in Cyrillic under the State Arms (on the base and central part); "KF" in Cyrillic in oval frame (on the lid and insert); 2) Moscow District Assay office: municipal arms - George the Conqueror on horseback, turned to the left, with silver alloy mark "84", the initials of inspector Lev Oleksa "LO" and date "1894"; 3) paired mark of Moscow District Assay office: municipal arms - George the Conqueror on horseback, turned to the left, with silver alloy mark "84"
Silver cup of conical shape, on a short stalk-baluster, on a round base and with a removable lid. The polychrome painted enamel image of the family coat of arms of the princes Dolgorouky is in the centre of the body framed by two branches of laurel, fastened with a bow.
The family is indorsed in the first part of the "Armorial of the noble families of the All-Russian Empire" (ОГ, part 1, page 7).
The base, the leg and the lower part of the goblet body are decorated with the embossed floral-geometric pattern . The top is emphasized by an onlayed slotted ornamented braided panel, stylized as a ruffle. The hinged lid is finished with cast decorative four-sided knob, the convex lobes of the lid are ornated with foliate geometric patters keel-like frame. The cup is in the Russian style.
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