Great jug

Elkington & Co.

19th century, after 1604–5 original · Silver on base metal · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This electrotype is after a seventeenth-century original (1604/5) in the treasury of the Kremlin, Moscow. It was formerly in the collections of James I and Charles I, sold in 1626, acquired by Tsar Mikhail Romanov in 1629.

Artist

Elkington & Co.

Date

19th century, after 1604–5 original

Medium

Silver on base metal

Culture

British, Birmingham, after British, London original

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1883