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PERFUME BOTTLE

Creator(s): Gustav Klingert (Silversmith)

Currently in storage


About this object

Flask is shaped like a decanter with two handles of twisted silver rope. Surface is covered with turquoise enamel. Around the body is a wide band of formal interlace with rosettes in blue, white, pale green, turquoise and red enamel. Upper part of body, neck and stopper has the turquoise enamel with two bands of white beads.

Object name:
PERFUME BOTTLE
Made from:
Silver -- enamel
Made in:
Moscow, Russia
Date made:
1880
Size:
9.5 × 6.4 cm (3 3/4 × 2 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
15.114.1-2
Class:
ENAMEL
Signature marks:
MARK St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, 84, date, GK underneath MARK illegible mark iAl ? on handle
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973