CHARKA

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

Around the charka is a series of three medallions, one with a basket of fruit and two with scenes of country scenes. Whole is in niello on silver against a stippled ground. Handle is an elabroate scroll centering a flower.

Object name:

CHARKA

Made from:

Silver gilt -- niello

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

19th c.

Size:

3.5 x 5.7 cm (1 3/8 x 2 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

13.57

Class:

NIELLO

Signature marks:

MARK bottom: star pattern scratched

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973