EKATERINBURG LAPIDARY WORKSHOPS
Pair of tazzas on stands
RCIN 7546
A design by August-Karl Andreyevich Beine (1816–58) for the rhodonite stands for these tazzas is held in the State Archive of Ekaterinburg. Beine worked on commissions for the Russian imperial family and also participated in the organisation of the Russian stand at the Great Exhibition in London of 1851.
Possibly acquired by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
Possibly acquired by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra