RECTANGULAR TRAY FROM THE ORLOV SERVICE
Creator(s): Firm of Nicholls and Plincke (Silversmith) , Robert Kokhun (Workmaster)
Currently in storage
About this object
The rectangular-shaped tray has rounded corners. The outer border is a continuous row of acanthus leaves. The sloped sides have a wave motif. In the center is an irregular medallion centering the Russian Imperial eagle. The feet are in the form of four inverted leaves.
- Object name:
- RECTANGULAR TRAY FROM THE ORLOV SERVICE
- Made from:
- Silver -- parcel gilt
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1859
- Size:
- 54.9 x 44.5 cm (21 5/8 x 17 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.114
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- HALLMARKS Double-headed eagle, N:P [maker's mark for Nicholls and Plincke], A.M. / 1859 [essayer's mark for Alexander Nikolaevich Mitin, 1842-1877], P.K [maker's mark for Robert Kokhun], 84, crossed anchors and scepter for St. Petersburg [On bottom] INSCRIPTIONS Ax 4839 / 4839 / 204 [on rim]; N: 204 / 97687 S /2 [on bottom]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973