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