OVAL DISH
Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , Anders Nevalainen (Workmaster)
Currently in storage
About this object
The dish is oblong with a laurel leaf border. In the center is a silver coin of Empress Elizabeth (1746) set in a frame of leaves against pale green enamel over a sunburst guilloche ground. The base is gilt. The piece came in the collection with its historic Fabergé box.
- Object name:
- OVAL DISH
- Made from:
- Silver -- silver gilt -- enamel
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1899-1908
- Size:
- 13.7 × 7.5 cm (5 3/8 × 2 15/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.158
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK Kokoshnik facing left for 1899-1908 with 88 silver standard and Ia. L. in Cyrillic for St. Petersburg assaymaster Iakov Lapunov; imperial double-headed eagle, indicating an imperial warrant; K. Faberge in Cyrillic; A.N for Anders Nevalainen [On back] SCRATCH NUMBER 14337 [On back] INSCRIPTION/DATE Б.М.ЕЛИСАВЕТЪ.I.IМП:IСАМОД:ВСЕРОС: М.М.Д / ПОЛ & ПОЛТИННИКЪ / 1746 [in Cyrillic] [On coin]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973