Ballroom Shot Glass or Small Silver Cup, Handcrafted. China. 19th Century

The shot glass was made in China, in the Far East, which was just beginning to be developed by our ancestors. A Chinese jeweler combined traditional Chinese decorative elements with the Russian Empire's coat of arms in his creation (a relief emblem depicting St. George the Victorious slaying a dragon with a sword). Cup, China, 112g, height 7.8 cm, rim diameter 5.7 cm.