CHARKA

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

Charka divided into four sections by ribbing. Each section contains a small landscape with animals partly in niello against a gilt rayed background. Landscapes are framed by niello scrolls. Area between the frames is gilded and stippled. Handle is a S-scroll.

Object name:

CHARKA

Made from:

Silver gilt -- niello

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

ca. 1770

Size:

7.1 cm (2 13/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

13.9

Class:

NIELLO

Signature marks:

MARK on bottom: St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, an illegible testers mark with partial date 177?, makers mark, NM

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973