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Precious tableware of Old Rus

You are welcome to make a visit to a virtual exhibition, dedicated to a theme of the Russian tableware and tradition of table setting and serving. The display, based on articles from the Moscow Kremlin Museums' collection, reveals main types of utensils which were widespread in everyday life of Russian people and Royal family in the XVIth-XVIIth centuries. Each article will impress you with a beauty of their materials and delicate workmanship.

The exposition begins with a review of tableware at court of Tsars and Patriarchs. The section presents precious items of great cultural and historical value. The role of the items was to serve as a vivid illustration of wealth and luxury of their keepers.

Having been arranged according to typological principle, general sections of the exhibition present main types of Russian tableware and the history of their origin and development. You will see exhibits from the Kremlin Armoury collection and from the Patriarch’s Palace as well as articles from the Museum funds, displayed at the virtual exhibition for the first time.

Have a nice trip!


 
   Costumes of Russian Emperors and Empresses from the Moscow Kremlin funds
 
   Precious tableware of Old Rus
 
Tableware of the Tsars' court
 
Drinking ladle: kovsh
 
Dipper on base: korchik
 
Quaich: charka
 
Bowl: chasha
 
Loving-cup: bratina
 
Pouring vessel: endova
 
Drinking pipkin: stavets
 
Cutlery bowl-tray: stoyan
 
Goblet and Tankard
 
Jug
 
Beaker: stakan
 
Dish and Plate
 
Utensils for spices
 
Cutlery
 
   "Antiquities of the Russian State" in oeuvre of F.G. Solntsev
 
   Moscow Kremlin, depicted by the painters of the XIXth century
 
   Strolls along the Armoury Chamber of the XIXth century
 
   Happy birthday, Kremlin!
 
   Regalia of Russian Tsars
 
   Dedication to Flora
 
   Looking from childhood

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