Keywords: Russian - Standing Cup with Cover - Walters 57808.jpg Gourd-shaped standing cups with the stem in the form of a tree trunk originated in western Europe during the 16th century but were frequently made in Moscow a century later This piece also has designs of conventionalized foliage and shells executed in repoussé 1748 Early Modern parcel gilt silver cm 39 accession number 57 808 24484 Alexandre Polovtsoff Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Polovtsov St Petersburg and Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1929 place of origin Moscow Russia Walters Art Museum license Decorative and applied arts of Russia Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Collections of the Walters Art Museum Silver cups |