TRAY FROM A COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE
Creator(s): Unknown (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
Oblong tray with trefoiled sides and openwork handles. A view of the Kremlin as seen fromthe river is in the center. View is in niello in an elaborate setting that is engraved, stippled and nielloed. A place has been left for the owners monogram.
- Object name:
- TRAY FROM A COFFEE AND TEA SERVICE
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1876
- Size:
- 31.1 x 42.5 cm (12 1/4 x 16 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.72
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK on bottom: St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, B.C./1876 , 84 in a square for silver standard, NM; on handle: B.C./1876, unidentified mark
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973