The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 26, 2024
Tea Cup
1908
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)1999–2021Hiller-Borneman Collection, Pittsburgh, PA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2021–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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