Gold and much else that glitters. Collections of the Kremlin Museums, Moscow, Russia.

Bowl. 1641-1660.
Bowl. 1641-1660. Kremlin Workshops, Moscow, makers. Gold, precious stones, enamel, embossing, and engraving. Granted by Patriarch Nikon to Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich in 1653. Gifted to Vasily Vasilievich Golitsyn by Tsars Peter I and Ivan Alexeevich in 1686. Image © 1997-2019 The Moscow Kremlin State Historical and Cultural Museum and Heritage Site. Fair use license. via https://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/about-museums/museum-collection/russkiy-khudozhestvennyy-metall/
Snow leopard" decorative vessel. 1600-1601.
Snow leopard” decorative vessel. 1600-1601. London, England. Cast, embossed and gilded silver. Purchased for the royal treasury in 1628. Image © 1997-2019 The Moscow Kremlin State Historical and Cultural Museum and Heritage Site. Fair use license. via https://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/about-museums/museum-collection/zarubezhnyy-khudozhestvennyy-metall/
Font shaped cup. 1663. London, England. Embossed and gilded silver.
Font shaped cup. 1663. London, England. Embossed and gilded silver. Given to Tsar Alexey Mikhailovich by King Charles II in 1664. Image © 1997-2019 The Moscow Kremlin State Historical and Cultural Museum and Heritage Site. Fair use license. via
Grape goblet. ca. 1600.
Grape goblet. ca. 1600. Made in Nuremberg, Germany. Embossed and gilded silver. Jörg Ruel, silversmith. Image © 1997-2019 The Moscow Kremlin State Historical and Cultural Museum and Heritage Site. Fair use license. via https://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/about-museums/museum-collection/zarubezhnyy-khudozhestvennyy-metall/
Cup from the Kremlin service. 1897.rh.
Cup from the Kremlin service. 1897. Saint Petersburg. Porcelain with glaze, overglaze and gilding. F. Solntsev, painter. Imperial Porcelain Factory, manufacturer. Image © 1997-2019 The Moscow Kremlin State Historical and Cultural Museum and Heritage Site. Fair use license. via https://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/about-museums/museum-collection/keramika-i-steklo/
Plate from the Kremlin service. 1895.
Plate from the Kremlin service. 1895. Saint Petersburg. Porcelain with glaze, underglaze painting, gilding and lining. Imperial Porcelain Factory, maker. Image © 1997-2019 The Moscow Kremlin State Historical and Cultural Museum and Heritage Site. Fair use license. via https://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/about-museums/museum-collection/keramika-i-steklo/

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