New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Beaker

Manufacturer Adrian Ivanov

CultureRussian

Dateca.1900

MediumSilver | Gilt

DimensionsOverall: 3 x 2 in. (7.6 x 5.1 cm)

InscribedStamped on bottom: In Cyrillic "AI"; also a woman's head facing left with the numeral "2" (assay mark for Poland) and a number of illegible marks. Yiddish inscription, which translates: "Given to honor BLM from Chonon Lankov Wilna May 1927."

Credit LineGift of Robert Gingold

Object number87.397

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DescriptionStraight-sided beaker which has been gilded (inside in good condition, outside only traces remain in the engraved designs). Design engraved around beaker in form of stylized iris with leaves and stems forming whiplash lines in the Art Nouveau taste. Later engraving shows a tower with the words "Gora" and "Zamkowa" flanking it; also the word "Wilna" (a Polish city). A Yiddish inscription is engraved on one side.