Coronation commemorative mug (glass) from the "tsar's presents"
Russian Empire.1896.
HCM KP 13925/1
The glass was purchased by Kryukov Ivan Vladimirovich, general director of the museum, in an antique store in Moscow in February 2020.
Such glasses were issued to commemorate the coronation of Emperor Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna. They were part of the free "tsar's gifts" (400,000 gift bags were produced) distributed at Khodynka Field.