EWER
Creator(s): Erik Hitelin (Silversmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The sides of the helmet-shaped ewer are covered with large rococo branches, leaves and flowers in repoussé with stippling. Small branches are engraved in the background. The foot is plain except for a row of beading. The same bearding appears on the handle and upper edge of the ewer.
- Object name:
- EWER
- Made from:
- Silver -- parcel gilt
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1794
- Size:
- 29.5 × 16.5 cm (11 5/8 × 6 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.48
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK base: crossed anchors and sceptre for St. Petersburg combined with the date 1794, N. M. in Cyrillic for the essayer Nikifor Moshchalkin (active 1772-1800) , E. H. in Latin for Erik Hitelin
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973