Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Box is divided all over into rectangular panels separated by bands, the effect somewhat like a strongbox. Top is slightly curved. On top, in niello on a stippled gilt ground is a scene of a seated woman and a dog in front of a brick wall flanked by turrets and two trees. This is surrounded by ten panels each containing a leaf scroll or floral motif. On all four sides are buildings and walls on a stippled gilt ground. On the bottom is a scene with buildings flanked by a criss cross pattern and a vine.
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1826
- Size:
- 1.9 × 8.9 × 5.7 cm (3/4 × 3 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.130
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK inside on bottom: F^, 84, HA/1826; inside lid: F^, 84, St. George and the Dragon
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973