Bratina with Tcharka Cups and Stand Bratina, Cups, Stand

This is a bratina, cups, stand. It was designed by Pavel Ovchinikov and manufactured by Pavel Akinov Ovchinnikov and made by Pavel Ovchinnikov. It is dated 1884 and we acquired it in 1983. Its medium is silver, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. It is credited Gift from the Thomas W. Evans Collection from University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine.

Its dimensions are

H x diam. (bratina (a)): 18 × 19.7 cm (7 1/16 × 7 3/4 in.) H x diam. (stand (b)): 6 × 35.9 cm (2 3/8 × 14 1/8 in.) H x W x D (cups (c/h)): 5 × 10 × 6.7 cm (1 15/16 × 3 15/16 × 2 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

On underside of Bratina (a): [1] Imperial eagle above “P. OVCHINNIKOV” in Cyrillic in rectangle, impressed (maker’s mark) [2] Saint George slaying a dragon, impressed (town mark, Moscow) [3] “B•C / 1884”, impressed (assay mark, Viktor Vasilyevich Savinsky, Moscow) [4] “84” in a square, impressed (standard mark, Russia) On lip of Bratina (a); [1] Weevil in an oval, impressed (import mark, France, 1864–1893) On base of Bratina (a): [1] Weevil in an oval, impressed (import mark, France, 1864–1893) *poorly struck On underside of stand (b): [1] Imperial eagle above “P. OVCHINNIKOV” in Cyrillic in rectangle, impressed (maker’s mark) [2] Saint George slaying a dragon, impressed (town mark, Moscow) [3] “B•C / 1884”, impressed (assay mark, Viktor Vasilyevich Savinsky, Moscow) [4] “84” in a square, impressed (standard mark, Russia) [5] Imperial eagle in oval, impressed On balled foot of stand (b): [1] Weevil in an oval, impressed (import mark, France, 1864–1893) On handle of cup (c): [1] “84” and Saint George slaying a dragon within a rectangle, impressed (standard mark, Russia; town mark, Moscow) [2] Weevil in an oval, impressed (import mark, France, 1864–1893) On the underside of handle of cup (d): [1] Imperial eagle above “P. OVCHINNIKOV” in Cyrillic in rectangle, impressed (maker’s mark) On the surface of handle of cup (d): [1] Weevil in an oval, impressed (import mark, France, 1864–1893) On the underside of handle of cup (e): [1] Imperial eagle above “P. OVCHINNIKOV” in Cyrillic in rectangle, impressed (maker’s mark)* On the surface of handle of cup (e): [1] Weevil in an oval, impressed (import mark, France, 1864–1893) On the underside of handle of cup (f): [1] Imperial eagle above “P. OVCHINNIKOV” in Cyrillic in rectangle, impressed (maker’s mark) On the surface of handle of cup (f): [1] Weevil in an oval, impressed (import mark, France, 1864–1893) On the underside of handle of cup (g): [1] Imperial eagle above “P. OVCHINNIKOV” in Cyrillic in rectangle, impressed (maker’s mark) On the surface of handle of cup (g): [1] Weevil in an oval, impressed (import mark, France, 1864–1893) On the surface of handle of cup (h): [1] Weevil in an oval, impressed (import mark, France, 1864–1893)

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