The cup of tsar mikhail feodorovich, sent as a gift from the danish king christian iv, in 1644. Drawing, section v, no. 22. During the visit to moscow of prince voldemar, the son of the danish king christian iv, who was wooing tsarevna irina mikhailovna, a cup was among the gifts. *the cup is silver, gilded, with a roof, glossy, smooth, long troughs. It has a glossy roof, and grass on the roof. Near the cup on a plate are vegetables - apples, cherries, grass around them; between the saucer and the tray is a woman1; in her right hand she has a vessel, in her left hand a sickle. According to the signature on the bottom, five pounds, forty-five zolotniks. Sent to the great sovereign as a gift by the danish king christianus in the year (1644), january. And by weight 5 pounds 42 gold. *. Date: 19th century.
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