CHARKA (ONE OF TWO)

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About this object

Charka is pointed at one end and at the other end the handle is shaped like a branch with leaves and flowers spreading over the bottom. Back is nielloed with a coat of arms of Denis Chicherin, governor of Siberia from 1763 to 1781. On the handle of the charka, his initials in Cyrillic under the nine-point crown of a count. It is a part of a service made in Tobolsk for Chicherin in 1774.

Object name:: CHARKA (ONE OF TWO)
Made from:: Silver gilt -- niello
Made in:: Tobolsk, Russia
Date made:: 1774-1775
Size:: 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:: 13.3.2
Class:: NIELLO
Signature marks:: MONOGRAM; COAT OF ARMS DCh in Cyrillic on handle
Credit line:: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973