SNUFFBOX
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
On cover is a view of a building with an encircling wreath and a similar scene on the bottom of the box, all in niello on a stippled ground. On sides of the box is a meander pattern in niello.
- Object name:
- SNUFFBOX
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1874
- Size:
- 2.9 × 7.9 cm (1 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.69
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK in bottom: St. George and the Dragon, B.C./1874, 84, P.K.' some inside lid and side
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973