COVERED SALTCELLAR
Creator(s): Unknown (Silversmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The bowl is decorated with garlands and swags of leaves while below there is a series of acanthus leaves. The base has a garland of leaves running around it. The interior is fitted with a shallow bowl, possibly for salt. The cover, like a flattened bell, has two borders of inverted leaves, the upper row of leaves being slender, the lower ones rather squat. The cover is surmounted by the Imperial two headed eagle and the Imperial crown.
- Object name:
- COVERED SALTCELLAR
- Made from:
- Silver gilt
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- early 19th Century
- Size:
- 17.3 × 9.1 cm (6 13/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.102.1-2
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK St. George and the Dragon for Moscow; 84; illegible mark [On bottom] St. George and the Dragon (twice); 84 (twice) [On cover] St. George and the Dragon; 84 [On side]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973