TEAPOT

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

Decoration consists of arabesques in niello on a stippled ground surrounded by a meander pattern in niello on a silver ground. There is a quatrefoil with a view of Moscow in niello on silver on each side.

Object name:

TEAPOT

Made from:

Silver gilt -- niello

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

1873

Size:

17 cm (6 11/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

13.67

Class:

NIELLO

Signature marks:

MARK on bottom: St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, A.C./1873 , 84 in a square for silver standard, maker's name; inside cover: maker's name

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973