SNUFF BOX WITH WINTER SLEIGH SCENE
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
On lid in niello is a sleigh drawn by two horses, a man driving and covered with furs. To right are farm buildings. Border is a checker pattern in niello and silver, this design covering most of the sides and bottom of box.
- Object name:
- SNUFF BOX WITH WINTER SLEIGH SCENE
- Made from:
- Silver -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 3.7 × 5.9 cm (1 7/16 × 2 5/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.99
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK inside bottom: kokoshnik, 84, triangle, CC; kokoshnik and CC repeated inside lid
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973