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SNUFFBOX

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

On cover is a view of the Kremlin outisde the walls. Sides and bottom have an all over checker pattern in niello.

Object name:
SNUFFBOX
Made from:
Silver -- niello
Made in:
Moscow, Russia
Date made:
1878
Size:
4 x 7.9 cm (1 9/16 x 3 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
13.73
Class:
NIELLO
Signature marks:
MARK on bottom: St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, N.K./1878 , 84 in a square for silver standard, NM; inside lid: all repeated
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973