BASIN
Creator(s): Carl Fredrik Bredenberg (Attributed to)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Repoussé flower garland decorate this oblong basin with a cluster of fruit in the center. Some of the fruit and the sunflowers are stippled, while the leaves are burnished. Birds and peacocks on the bowl sit on scrolling leaves emanating from the fruit. The decorative elements are surrounded by neoclassical beaded edge.
- Object name:
- BASIN
- Made from:
- Silver -- parcel gilt
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- c. 1790
- Size:
- 41 x 28.6 cm (16 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.49
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK two hallmarks, 1. crossed anchors and sceptre for St. Petersburg, 2. four initials only partly legible [edge]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973