OVAL SALT DISH
Creator(s): Andrei Astrakhantsev (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The rim is fluted, scalloped and wide and bends downwards almost vertically just clearing the base. The top edge is beaded. The interior is gilt.
- Object name:
- OVAL SALT DISH
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1834
- Size:
- 9.1 × 7 cm (3 9/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.448
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK on the bottom: 1. St. George and the Dragon for Moscow and the date 1834; 2.N.D. in cyrillic for the tester Nikolai Lukich Dubrovin; 3. 84 for the silver standard; 4. a partially illegible maker's mark which is probably AA in cyrillic for Andrei Astrakhantsev
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973