TEA CADDY FROM A TEA SERVICE
Creator(s): Firm of Aleksander Venediktovich Liubavin (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The decoration is an all-over pattern of interlaced ribbon effect. The tea caddy is rectangular. Inside is gilded.
- Object name:
- TEA CADDY FROM A TEA SERVICE
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- ca. 1880
- Size:
- 8.4 x 8.3 cm (3 5/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.387.1
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK crossed anchors and scepter for St. Petersburg combined with 84 for the silver standard and the maker's name in Cyrillic letters
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973