TRAY FROM VODKA SET
Creator(s): Unknown (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
Tray has unusual shape, edge is bent downward instead of upward-and two attached handles with beading. In center in niello on a silver ground is an old Russian building. Around this is an all over design in niello on a gilt and stippled background. Rim and handles gilded.
- Object name:
- TRAY FROM VODKA SET
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- ca. 1880
- Size:
- 25.4 cm (10 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.75.1
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, 84 in a square for silver standard, Fia
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973