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