SNUFFBOX WITH A VERRE EGLOMISÉ PANEL OF A FAMILY IN A PARK
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The cover is set with a verre eglomisé panel of a garden scene with three elders and two children, one of the children pointing with a book to a bust on a pedestal. The sides and bottom of the box are engraved with bands, each alternate band having a vine engraved.
- Object name:
- SNUFFBOX WITH A VERRE EGLOMISÉ PANEL OF A FAMILY IN A PARK
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- glass -- gold foil -- ink
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- Late 18th c.
- Size:
- 1.9 x 8.9 x 5.1 cm (3/4 x 3 1/2 x 2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.68
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK inside cover: three hallmarks, 1. St. George right and the Dragon for Moscow, 2. 84, 3. partially legible workmaster mark; partially legible inscription in ink 151 39 3279
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973