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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