SNUFFBOX
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
On lid in niello is a view of some public buildings. On sides is a criss cross pattern in niello and on bottom a fret work centering rosettes.
- Object name:
- SNUFFBOX
- Made from:
- Silver -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1885
- Size:
- 1 7/16 × 2 7/16 in. (3.7 × 6.2 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.78
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK inside on bottom: St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, 84 in a square for silver standard, HT, illegible; underneath lid: illegible with 1885, 84, HT
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973