SPOON (ONE OF SIX)
Creator(s): M. Dmitriev (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
Front and back of the handle, and the back of the bowl of the spoon are decorated in a checkered design in niello. Squares are alternatively silver and gilt.
- Object name:
- SPOON (ONE OF SIX)
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1861
- Size:
- 20.8 cm (8 3/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.94.1
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK on back: St. George right and the Dragon, 84, IA in Cyrillic (for Avdeev I., Moscow essayer in 1852-1862) /1861, MD in Cyrillic for Dmitriev M., silversmith and niello craftsman in 1854-1877.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973