CIGARETTE CASE WITH A WINTER TROIKA SCENE
Creator(s): Ivan Kirillovich Krutikov (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
On cover is an oval reserve containing a winter troika scene with a coachman and three passengers in niello. The borders are decorated with scrolling leaves recalling ornament on 17th century Russian niello work. Borders have leaf scrolls in niello on a stippled ground. Back has a round medallion for a monogram and the background is identical to the front of the box. Thumb piece is a green stone en cabochon resembling chrysoprase. Interior is gilded.
- Object name:
- CIGARETTE CASE WITH A WINTER TROIKA SCENE
- Made from:
- Silver -- green stone (chrysoprase?) -- niello -- gilding
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1908-1913
- Size:
- 1.5 × 11.7 × 8.9 cm (5/8 × 4 5/8 × 3 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.97
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK kokoshnik right with triangle (Moscow mark for 1908-1917), 84, I.K in Cyrillic for Krutikov Ivan and Petr
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973