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SNUFFBOX

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

Cover has a large panel in painted enamel with violets on a pink ground. Border is a series of dots in turquoise enamel. Edge of lid has a toothed decoration in bright blue and purple enamel. Rest of sides have a pattern of flowers in filigree enamel in Usolsk style.

Object name:
SNUFFBOX
Made from:
Silver gilt -- enamel
Made in:
Moscow, Russia
Date made:
1896-1917
Size:
5.1 × 8.1 cm (2 × 3 3/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
15.116
Class:
ENAMEL
Signature marks:
MARK on bottom: kokoshnik NA, 84, illegible mark, inside cover: kokoshnik
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973