SNUFFBOX
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
On cover is a view of a town square and on bottom a view of a village, both in niello on a stippled ground and surrounded by elaborate scroll cartouches.
- Object name:
- SNUFFBOX
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1856
- Size:
- 4.1 x 6.5 cm (1 5/8 x 2 9/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.56
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK in bottom: St. Geroge and Dragon for Moscow, A.K./1856 in a square, 84 in a square, RP in a square
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973