DIVIDED OVAL SNUFFBOX WITH FALCONET'S MONUMENT TO PETER THE GREAT

Creator(s): Fedor Maksimov (Silversmith)

Currently in storage

About this object

Round box is divided into two compartments, each with a lid, for two different kinds of snuff. On one lid, Monument to Peter the Great flanked by two towers is rendered in niello on a stippled gilt ground. On the other lid is a view of a town with a neo-classic building, possibly St. Petersburg's Stock Exchange, in niello on a stippled gilt ground. Geometric border design is niello. Around the side is a continuous niello border of wooden and stone houses, towers and fortress walls. On bottom ia a niello scene of a classical ruins, arch gate, and a tree on a gilt, stippled ground. Border is the same as on the top.

Object name:

DIVIDED OVAL SNUFFBOX WITH FALCONET'S MONUMENT TO PETER THE GREAT

Made from:

Silver gilt -- niello

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

1837

Size:

2.1 × 6 cm (13/16 × 2 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

13.38

Class:

NIELLO

Signature marks:

MARK St. George right and the Dragon for Moscow, N.D. in Cyrillic for Dubrovin Nikolai (Moscow essayer in 1822-1855) /1837 in a square, 84 for the silver standard, F.M. in Cyrillic in a square for workmaster Maksimov Fedor (1823-1862)

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973