Tea Cup Holder
Details
- Author / creator
- House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
- Object type
- Glass
- Date or period
- 1908
- Dimensions summary
- Handle: 7.6 cm
- Maker or workshop
- House of Fabergé
- Period / style
- Art Nouveau
About this object
Fabergé drew upon different historical styles and applied them to the same object type with a consistently high level of finesse. This holder for a 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.
Materials and technique
Silver
Signature and marks
Aleksandr Verzhbilovich (1850-1911) was a Russian classical cellist. Mitya is a nickname of Dmitri. A note about the spelling of Шагинъ: it has the "ъ" at the end, which was added at the end of most words ending in a consonant in the nominative case in the pre-1918 spelling. This usage was abolished around the Revolution, and the letter is usually left off in contemporary spelling. Therefore, the name should probably be spelled Шагин today.: Дорогому А. В. Вержбилович Признательный Митя Шагинъ 19 I/III 08 (“To dear A. V. Verzhibilovich Gratefully, Mitya Shagin 19 I/III 08”); Profile of a woman (wearing a kokoshnik) facing left; greek letter delta
