TRAY FROM A DRESSING TABLE SET (ONE OF TWO)
Creator(s): Aucoc (Firm) , Jean-Baptiste-Casimir Aucoc (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The silver surfaces of all pieces are chased with elaborate patterns of scrolls interspersed with shells, flowers, and acanthus leaves on a stippled ground. The upright pieces are topped by the crowned double-headed eagle of the Romanovs perched on an orb surmounted by the imperial crown. The bell, the tumbler, the candlestick, brush, mirror and tray all bear the applied imperial coat of arms instead of the imperial eagle in high relief.
- Object name:
- TRAY FROM A DRESSING TABLE SET (ONE OF TWO)
- Made from:
- Silver gilt
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- c. 1848
- Size:
- 13 13/16 in. (35.1 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.188.1
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK AUCOC.A in a rectangle; CA surmounted by cockerel on lozenge; maker's mark of Jean-Baptiste-Casimir Aucoc (1796-1865); Mercury's head, silver guarantee (.800) made for export, 1840-79 coat of arms coat of arms of Her Imperial Highness Grand Duchess Ekaterina Mikhailovna
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973