SKIPPET (SEAL BOX)
Creator(s): David Neplin (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
On the cover is the Russian Imperial double headed eagle with crowns in repoussé and a laurel leaf border. On the back is a series of initials engraved. Exterior is gilded, interior is silver.
- Object name:
- SKIPPET (SEAL BOX)
- Made from:
- Silver -- silver gilt -- copper
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1796-1814
- Size:
- 3.2 × 7.9 cm (1 1/4 × 3 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.67.1-2
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK hallmarks: crossed anchors and sceptre for St. Petersburg before 1896; 84; D.N in Latin script for Neplin David (active 1796-1814); A.Ya in Cyrillic for Yaschinov Aleksandr (st. Petersburg essayer in 1795-1826) monogram GMSNA (?) in Cyrillic
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973