CHARKA
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The main portion is urn shaped and the upper octagonal portion is decorated with a motif of two interlaced V's on a stippled ground. The lower portion is lobate and the handle is a double C.
- Object name:
- CHARKA
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1779
- Size:
- 4 × 6.7 cm (1 9/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.52
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK bottom: three hallmarks, 1. St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, 2. 1779 A. A. in Cyrillic for Andrei Andreev, essayer in 1771-1779, 3. Ie A K in a heart-shaped reserve for unknown workmaster active in 1777-1778; mark number 1 is repeated on front of handle and also the French import mark, used after 1895
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973