CHAMPAGNE FLUTE
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
There are two oval medallions on the sides, one with a ship in the harbor, the other with a man on horseback. Between these are scrolls, flowers in niello on a stippled grouhnd. Foot has an engraved zig-zag with nielloed lines between.
- Object name:
- CHAMPAGNE FLUTE
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1840
- Size:
- 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.41
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, N.A./1840 in a square for tester and date, 84 for silver standard, A.K. in script in a sqaure for maker
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973