SNUFFBOX
Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Workmaster)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Oval shaped body is in amethyst quartz. Lid mounted in gold with thumb piece formed of a cabochon emerald and sprays of leaves in tiny diamonds and rubies; on top a reclining lion in spinel with diamond eyes (probably a 17th century jewel). Around him is a row of emeralds and outside them a row of larger rose cut diamonds. This is probably an Indian mogul piece mounted by Fabergé on box.
- Object name:
- SNUFFBOX
- Made from:
- Gold -- diamonds -- emeralds -- amethyst quartz -- carved spinel
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1886-1899
- Size:
- H. 2 9/16 × W. 2 13/16 in. (6.5 × 7.1 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.62
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- HALLMARK: Crossed anchors and scepter, 56 for gold standard HALLMARK: signed Fabergé in Cyrillic HALLMARK: MP in Cyrillic (initials of workmaster Mikhail Perkhin) HALLMARK: Assay mark of St. Petersburg before 1899 [inside lid]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973