Coronation beakers in honor of the Russian Emperor Nickolas
Coronation beakers in honor of the Russian Emperor Nickolas
Russian Empire
1896
Metal, enamel; painting, glazed enamel, gilding
Height 10.5 cm
Enamelled cylindrical beakers with slightly widened upper edge, decorated with geometric patterns in the Neo Russian style, with the monogram “HA” below large Imperial crown with the date “1896” and two-headed eagle (Russian Empire coat of arms) in reserves.
Those beakers together with other royal goodies were handed around on May 18, 1896 during the public festivities on Khodynka Field on Emperor Nickolas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna coronation.
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