NURSING HORN
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Around the top is a row of beading and a loop for suspension. Around central part is a stippled ground with niello, on front the double branched cross with the spear and sponge inscribed. This is surrounded by leaf scrolls in rococo manner. On opposite side is a medallion with inscription.
- Object name:
- NURSING HORN
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1849
- Size:
- 12.1 × 5.4 cm (4 3/4 × 2 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.51
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION; MARK I-C, X-C HNK^; God is merciful and nourishes his child; on rin: St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, 84 for silver standard, A.K./1849 in a square, T.Y. in a sqaure
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973