CHARKA
Currently in storage
About this object
The cup is urn-shaped with an octagonal upper portion, which is decorated with Byzantine style strap-work design in dark blue enamel. Handle is decorated in the same manner.
- Object name:
- CHARKA
- Made from:
- Silver -- enamel
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1855
- Size:
- 4.6 x 7 cm (1 13/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.133
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK on bottom: crossed anchors and scepter for St. Petersburg; 91; A. M in Cyrillic for Mitin Alexander (St. Petersburg essayer in 1842-1877) / 1855; IS in Cyrillic for Sazikov Ignatii; double -headed eagle for Imperial Warrant
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973