The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 14, 2025

Tea Cup

1908
maker

House of Fabergé

(Russian, 1842–1918)
Russian
glass
Handle: 7.6 cm (3 in.)
Gift of the Hiller-Borneman Collection 2021.157.b
Location: 211 Fabergé

Did You Know?

In Russia, tea has been served in glasses since the eighteenth century.

Description

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.
  • 1999
    (Wartski Ltd, London, sold to J. Randolph Hiller)
    1999–2021
    Hiller-Borneman Collection, Pittsburgh, PA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2021–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2021.157.b