SNUFFBOX WITH AN ALLEGORICAL FIGURE

Creator(s): Aleksei Sokolov ((Possibly))

Currently in storage

About this object

On the cover of the rectangular box is a medallion with a female figure crowned with a laurel leaf seated on a cloud within a medallion framed by a laurel garland. A bird is seated on her shoulder and a lamb rests by her side. The remainder of the cover is covered with horizontal stripes interrupted with eight-pointed stars, all in niello. On the underside is a similar medallion framed with a laurel garland. Within this is a harbor scene, engraved and stippled. At far right is a large ship with at least two masts. A small group rows away from or toward the ship in a small boat. On the shore, at left, is a large church in the foreground. The towers of a walled city are visible in the background. scene in niello and the same background. The sides are decorated with a leaf pattern in silver and niello.

Object name:

SNUFFBOX WITH AN ALLEGORICAL FIGURE

Made from:

Silver gilt -- niello

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

1823

Size:

1.3 × 8.9 × 5.4 cm (1/2 × 3 1/2 × 2 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

13.28

Class:

NIELLO

Signature marks:

Hallmark [St. George and the Dragon] Interior of box. Hallmark for the city of Moscow. Silver standard mark 84 Struck inside box. Date 1823 Struck in interior of box. Maker's mark AS [Cyrillic] Partially obscured mark inside box. Mark of Aleksei Sokolov, active Moscow to 1830.

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973