SPOON
Creator(s): Aleksandr Rukovishnikov (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
Decoration is partly engraved and partly in niello in an unusual pattern. On front of handle are some engraved gilded flowers on a background engraved with lines within a border with niello strapwork with gouged work in between. Back of handle and of bowl have similar decorations.
- Object name:
- SPOON
- Made from:
- Silver -- niello
- Made in:
- Kazan, Russia
- Date made:
- 1859
- Size:
- 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.61
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK on back of handle: winged dragon for Kazan, B.C in cyrillic in a square for tester Surovtsov Vasilii and date 1859, 84 in a square for silver standard, AP in cyrillic in a square for maker Rukovishnikov Aleksandr
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973