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CHARKA

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

Sides are nielloed on silver with a panorama of buildings, walls, etc. partially broken up by swags of drapery. Above and below the landscape are continuous freizes of a leaf pattern.

Object name:
CHARKA
Made from:
Silver gilt -- niello
Made in:
Moscow, Russia
Date made:
1827
Size:
6.7 × 6.5 cm (2 5/8 × 2 9/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
13.25
Class:
NIELLO
Signature marks:
MARK on bottom: St. George and the Dragon for Moscwo, 84 for the silver standard, H.A./1827 in a square, A.W. in a square; on lip: 84
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973