CHARKA

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

Handle and band around top and bottom of cup are plain. On front of cup is a medallion with a horseman on a rearing horse in a landscape, all in niello on a stippled ground. Around the rest of the cup is a leaf and floral scroll also in niello on a stippled ground.

Object name:

CHARKA

Made from:

Silver gilt -- niello

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

1851

Size:

5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

13.54

Class:

NIELLO

Signature marks:

MARK on bottom: St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, 84 in a square, A.K./1851 in a sqaure, A.K. in a square

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973