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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