id: 375088 accession number: 2021.157 share license status: CC0 url: updated: 2022-07-27 09:01:12.153000 Tea Cup and Holder, 1908. House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918). Silver, glass; handle: 7.6 cm (3 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hiller-Borneman Collection 2021.157 title: Tea Cup and Holder title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1908 creation date earliest: 1908 creation date latest: 1908 current location: 211 Fabergé creditline: Gift of the Hiller-Borneman Collection copyright: --- culture: Russian technique: silver, glass department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Glass find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918) - artist Peter Carl Faberge (1846-1920) took over the House of Faberge in 1870 from his father Carl Gustav Faberge who had founded the firm in 1842. Until 1881, the firm manufactured primarily jewelry for Saint Petersburg's aristocrats and wealthy elite. In 1885 the firm was awarded the coveted imperial warrant as goldsmith to the tsar and began to produce elaborate presentation Easter eggs as a gift for the tsarina from her husband every year. They also produced luxurious accessories, jewelry, and hardstone sculptures. At one point, Faberge employed over 300 workers including 22 workmasters who oversaw the production of the firm's jewelry and precious objects. A branch of the firm opened in Moscow in 1887, specializing in neo-Russian and pan-Slavic motifs in jewelry, silver, and enamel. Other branches followed in Kiev, London, and Odessa as well as new premises in Saint Petersburg. At the onset of the Russian Revolution, Peter Carl Faberge fled the country to Paris then Switzerland, where he died in 1920. His firm was nationalized by the Bolsheviks in 1918. --- measurements: Handle: 7.6 cm (3 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Дорогому А. В. Вержбилович Признательный Митя Шагинъ 19 I/III 08 translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Hiller-Borneman Collection, Pittsburgh, PA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–2021 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 2021– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: The history of the palmette, a motif resembling fan-shaped palm leaves, can be traced back to ancient Egypt. digital 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. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: print: full: