TEAPOT WITH VIEWS OF THE KREMLIN
Creator(s): Vasilii Semenov (Firm)
Currently in storage
About this object
Gilt inside and out. Each piece has two medallions with views of the Kremlin in niello in silver. Remainder of outside of each piece is covered with an all over arabesque design in niello on a gilt ground, except for handles, bases, medallions, which are left vacant for monogram.
- Object name:
- TEAPOT WITH VIEWS OF THE KREMLIN
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1887
- Size:
- 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.81.1-2
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK on bottom: St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, 84 in a square for silver standard, R.O./1887, BC
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973