Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The basin is decorated in repousse in the interior. The central medallion in the bottom has in repousse a nude man sitting on a wine barrel and holding a wine jug and a cup of wine. The background is filled with flowers and leaves. The sides are decorated in repousse on the inside with a series of six arches, each with a man in native costume and a leaf and flower background. Between the niches are more leaves.
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1856
- Size:
- 20.3 cm (8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.573
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK 1. St. George and the Dragon for Moscow with the date 1856; 2. [transcription] for the tester and date; 3. [transcription] for the silver standard; no maker's mark
- Credit line:
- Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1968