SMALL GLASS BOTTLE WITH STOPPER FROM A DRESSING TABLE SET (ONE OF TWO)
Creator(s): Aucoc (Firm) , Jean-Baptiste-Casimir Aucoc (Silversmith)
On view in: Marjorie Post's Dressing Room
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:
- SMALL GLASS BOTTLE WITH STOPPER FROM A DRESSING TABLE SET (ONE OF TWO)
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- glass
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- c. 1848
- Size:
- 8 × 4 in. (20.3 × 10.2 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.188.28-29
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK Mercury's head- Export mark for gold and silver 1840-1879 [On foot] Neck stamped "sterling" [possibly indicating a later replacement] Coat of Arms Russian Imperial coat of arms
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973