Skip to main content

The museum is temporarily closed to visitors. The collection, exhibitions and events are online.What’s available now

The museum is temporarily closed. The collection and exhibitions are online. What’s available

Lid from a cup, inv. no. М-95: photo 1 of 5
Photo 1 of 5
Lid from a cup, inv. no. М-95: photo 1 of 5
Image 1 of 5
  • Photos · 5
  • Full description

Metal · Church plate

Lid from a cup

Inv. no. М-95 · Metal

Project: Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities

The lid from a cup is made of silver-toned metal, cylindrical in form, with a round base and a shaped finial. The rim of the lid is decorated around its perimeter with vertical notches. Full description

Date
19th century
Material
Metal
Technique
Casting, engraving
Dimensions
h - 4 cm, d - 10 cm

Photo: M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum · CC BY 4.0

Description

The lid from a cup is made of silver-toned metal, cylindrical in form, with a round base and a shaped finial. The rim of the lid is decorated around its perimeter with vertical notches. The surface of the lid is covered along its edge with a floral-geometric ornament, with the same ornament around the finial.

The lid from the cup belonged to the pre-war collection of the Sloboda Ukraine Museum named after H. S. Skovoroda. During the Second World War it was evacuated and returned to Kharkiv in November 1944.

Record

Inventory number
М-95
Title
Lid from a cup
Collection group
Metal · Church plate
Date
19th century
Material
Metal
Technique
Casting, engraving
Dimensions
h - 4 cm, d - 10 cm
Digitisation
Project “Sloboda Ukraine Code. Church Antiquities”, 2026
Tradition
Orthodoxy

Updated 15 Oct 2026

Where else to meet this objectWhere else

Other objects in “Metal”

All: Church plate