SNUFFBOX
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
On cover is a huntsman riding in opencountry and followed by a hound, all in silver and niello with a stippled gilt sky. Bottom has a view of a village with same techinique. Borders are zigzags in silver against niello.
- Object name:
- SNUFFBOX
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1836
- Size:
- 3 × 5.7 cm (1 3/16 × 2 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.58
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK inside bottom: H.K./1856 in a square, 84 in a square, Ob in a square; inside cover: 84, Ob, St. George and the Dragon for Moscow
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973