VINAIGRETTE (CONTAINER)
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
on cover is a view of a village with churches and other buildings in niello on silver against a stippled gold sky, another view of a village without churches being on the bottom of the box. Both scenes have an elaborate scroll frame in niello and silver, while the sides have a cross cross pattern, also in niello and silver.
- Object name:
- VINAIGRETTE (CONTAINER)
- Made from:
- Silver -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1850
- Size:
- 2.9 × 6 cm (1 1/8 × 2 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.55
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK Bottom, below inner cover: A.K./185? in a square, 84 in a sqaure, HM in a square; on inside of cover: St. George adn the Dragon for Moscow, 84, HM
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973