SNUFFBOX WITH FALCONET'S MONUMENT TO PETER THE GREAT

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

On the cover is a view of Falconet's Monument to Peter the Great in St. Petersburg's Senate Square. The figure of Peter is shown in a mirror image so that he gestures with his left hand and the left rear hoof of his horse crushes the serpent. The space of the square is inaccurately constricted and parts of the Admiralty and Senate buildings are visible to the left and right. All of this is in niello against a stippled and gilded background. The bottom panel is decorated with an allover floral pattern and the interior is gilded.

Object name:

SNUFFBOX WITH FALCONET'S MONUMENT TO PETER THE GREAT

Made from:

Silver gilt -- niello

Made in:

France

Date made:

1819-1838

Size:

1.3 x 8.9 x 6 cm (1/2 x 3 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

13.90

Class:

NIELLO

Signature marks:

MARK on lid edge: head of bearded man in profile ( French silver finess mark for .950 used in 1819-1838), lion mask seen full face ( garantee mark for Paris), illegible (diamond shape with star and letters or a wheel) Date was determined on the base of the French marks. There are no Russian hallmarks

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973