OVAL DISH
Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm)
Currently in storage
About this object
The dish is unadorned except for bowenite terminals for the two handles; the bottom is set with a silver coin of the Empress Anna Ivanovna, dated 1733.
- Object name:
- OVAL DISH
- Made from:
- Silver -- bowenite
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1733-1894
- Size:
- 14.1 cm (5 9/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.157
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK four hallmarks: 1. St. George and the Dragon for Moscow; 2. A.C over 1894 for assaymaster Alexander Smirnov 1878-1895; 3. 88 silver standard; 4. K. Faberge in Cyrillic, and the imperial double-headed eagle indicating a royal warrant [Underside of base] SCRATCHED NUMBER 417 [Underside of base] DATE 1733 [On coin]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973