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Vase
- Object:
Vase
- Place of origin:
Russia (made)
- Date:
early 19th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Malachite, marble, gilt- metal
- Museum number:
339-1886
- Gallery location:
On display at Lancaster House, London []
This malachite vase has a marble base and gilt metal mountings. It is one of a pair exhibited by the Russian Government at the International Exhibition of 1851. Dr Ludmila Budrina of the Ekaterinburg Museum of the History of Stone-cutting, Russia, has said that this particular design of vase is known as the 'Medici'. This model was produced chiefly during the period 1820-1840 at the Peterhof and Ekanterinburg Imperial stonework factories. The design, size and proportions of 339-1886 can be compared with a drawing of 1826 signed by the Russian architect I. Halberg, with which it has close similarities.