CIGARETTE CASE WITH A VIEW OF THE MOSCOW KREMLIN
Creator(s): Ivan Ivanovich Futikin (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
On the lid in niello is a view of the Kremlin from the Moscow River. On the reverse is rectangular reserve with the initials E.R. (for Ernesto Rossi) surmounted by five-pointed noble’s coronet. Surrounding this is an all over floral scroll design in niello. The side are ornamented with are bands of meanders in niello with strips of gilding between them.
- Object name:
- CIGARETTE CASE WITH A VIEW OF THE MOSCOW KREMLIN
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1892
- Size:
- 1.9 × 8.9 × 7.9 cm (3/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.82
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK; INSCRIPTION St. George and the Dragon left for Moscow, LO in Cyrillic (for Oleks Lev, essayer in 1890-1896) /1892, 84, IF in Cyrillic for Futikin, Ivan (owner of the silver workshop in 1863-1897); inside lid: St. George, 84; inscription [Latin italic script:] Au grand artiste psychologue Ernesto Rossi creatuer de "Jean le Terrible" E. Rakint, Moscow, Avril 1895 Inscribed inside box. Signature of the gift giver has not been fully determined. monogram E.P. in Latin script ( for the recipient Ernesto Rossi) under five-point nobel's crown
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973