CHARKA (ONE OF TWO)
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Series of cartouches around the charke in elaborate floral and scroll work, centering hunting and other scenes. Monogram in niello on bottom. Branch with flowers and leaves forms the handle and decorates the lip of the charka. Two larger sprays form feet. Interior is gilt.
- Object name:
- CHARKA (ONE OF TWO)
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 1700
- Size:
- 7.9 x 5.1 cm (3 1/8 x 2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.4.1
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MONOGRAM
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973