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| Keywords: Russian - Drinking Cup (Bratina) - Walters 44194 - Profile.jpg Drinking cups like this one called a bratina in Russian were passed around at ceremonail banquets They were usually made of gilded silver but ours has been fashioned from a coconut shell An exotic fruit in Northern Europe coconuts were highly prized during the 17th century and often mounted in silver between 1660 1690 early Modern silver gilt filigree enamel coconut colored stones H cm 11 5 accession number 44 194 27974 Countess Luibov Aleksandrovna Musina-Pushkina born Kusheleva-Bezborodko Saint Petersburg prior to 1904 by purchase Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov Alexandre Polovtsoff Saint Petersburg and Paris date of acquisition unknown by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters Russian Art Icons and Decorative Arts from the Origin to the Twentieth Century The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1959-1960 World of Wonder The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1971-1972 Russian Enamels The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996-1997 place of origin Moscow Russia Walters Art Museum license Baroque art in the Walters Art Museum Bratina Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
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