Creator(s): Severnaya Chern' Workshop (Manufacturer)

Currently in storage

About this object

Entire back of the spoon is decorated with elaborate niello design. Basket filled with grapes, pineapple, peaches and other fruit occupies the entire surface of the bowl, garland of leaves and rope extends through the handle and culminates with bunch of fruits. Similar design with fruits appears on the front of the handle.

Made from:

Silver gilt -- niello

Made in:

Veliky Ustyug, Russia

Date made:

1927-1946

Size:

20.3 cm (8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

13.96

Class:

NIELLO

Signature marks:

MARK back of spoon: in an oval: head of worker, 875 (Soviet silver content), delta (for Moscow regional essayer office; Velikii Ustiug was under the auspice of Moscow office); SCh in Cirillic for workshop "Severnaya Chern'" (Northern NIello); on the bottom of the handle in niello: BT in Cyrillic for unknown workmaster

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973