BASKET
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Entire basket and handles are gilded. All over arabesque design in niello on a stippled gilt ground. On each side is an oblong medallion with views of the Kremlin in niello and silver.
- Object name:
- BASKET
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1896
- Size:
- 15.2 cm (6 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.86
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK on bottom: St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, 84, ^o/1986, MG; inside foot: St. George, MG
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973