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CHARKA (ONE OF TWO)

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Icon Room


About this object

Pointed at one end for pouring and at opposite end a stem for a handle with leaves and flowers forming the feet. Bottom is neilloed with a coat of arms, handles and initials DC with coronet for Chichirin, first Governor of Siberia.

Object name:
CHARKA (ONE OF TWO)
Made from:
Silver gilt -- niello
Made in:
Tobolsk, Russia
Date made:
1770
Size:
8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
13.4.2
Class:
NIELLO
Signature marks:
MONOGRAM; COAT OF ARMS
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973