Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The charka is ovoid in shape and has a ring foot and a handle with a reverse curve. On the two sides and on the front are roughly engraved birds.
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1783
- Size:
- 5.1 cm (2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.212
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK on the bottom are five hallmarks: 1. St. George and the Dragon for Moscow; 2. 1783 for the date; 3. [transcription]; 4. [transcription]; 5. [transcription]; 6. [transcription]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973