BOX WITH VIEW OF THE KREMLIN
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
On cover is a view of the Kremlin in niello set in a scroll frame also in niello, all on a silver gilt dotted ground. On four sides and bottom are views of villages in niello against a silver gilt dotted ground.
- Object name:
- BOX WITH VIEW OF THE KREMLIN
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1859
- Size:
- 3.8 x 9.8 cm (1 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.60
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, AK/1859 in a square, 84 in a square, HB in a square
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973