Cleveland Museum of Art
Tea Cup and Holder
House of FabergéLinkedCulture matchlcp-f2cad58269e3
- Date
- c. 1908–17
- Medium
- silver, glass
- Culture
- Russian
- Department
- Decorative Art and Design
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 93155
Likely from a larger set, this tea glass with its holder is an excellent example of Fabergé’s ability to imbue objects of everyday use with exceptional artistry. The holder features elegant scroll motifs forming two horizontal bands and a handle, an ingenious take on the French ornamental style of the mid-eighteenth century. In Russia, tea has been served in glasses since the eighteenth century.
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- Credit line
- Gift of the Hiller-Borneman Collection
- Provenance
- 1999: (Wartski Ltd, London, sold to J. Randolph Hiller) | ?–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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