TANKARD
Creator(s): Unknown (Silversmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Around base and lid is an engraved and stippled acanthus border. About the body of the tankard are four allegorical scenes representing the four seasons: Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring. All in niello on a stippled ground. On the cover is a hunting scene, also in niello, showing a man on horseback, a beater and hounds. One hound is attacking a stag. On the handle is a bell flower design in niello.
- Object name:
- TANKARD
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- c. 1802
- Size:
- H. 8 1/8 in.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.20
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK on edge of cover: St. George right for Moscow, date 180[?], 84 for silver standard, I.O in Cyrillic for unknown workmaster (1801-1816); M.K. in Cyrillic in a square for Karpinski Mikhail (assayer 1800-1824); AOP in Cyrillic in a heart-shaped cartouche for unknown alderman (1784-1807); inscribed 3f 2 zol in Cyrillic [Russian denomination of weight]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973