SNUFFBOX WITH A SCENE OF CITY SQUARE
Creator(s): Fedor Maksimov (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
On the cover of this rectangular box is a view of a city square executed in niello against a stippled gilt ground. It is possible that it illustrates a view of Moscow with the Bolshoi Theatre building in the center of the scene. The side have a criss-cross design in niello and on the underside is a picture of a chateau in the country, also in niello with a stippled gilt ground.
- Object name:
- SNUFFBOX WITH A SCENE OF CITY SQUARE
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1843
- Size:
- 1.9 × 8.3 × 4.4 cm (3/4 × 3 1/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.48
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK inside: St. George (right) and the Dragon for Moscow, 1843, 84 for the silver standard, F. M. in Cyrillic in a square (for Maksimov Fedor)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973