BOX
Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , Fedor Rückert (Attributed to) , Konstantin Egorovich Makovskii (After)
On view in: Pavilion
About this object
A rectangular box. On the lid is a reserved shaped panel containing a scene painted in en plein enamel with "The Boyar" after Konstantin Makovskii (Makovsky). He is wearing a cap and fur trimmed red robe, and is seated facing right, with his hands resting on a staff. There is a vessel on a shelf at right, and rays of light above streaming from a window made of small circular panes. The rest of the box is covered in filigree enamel in Neo-Russian style in dark blue, brown, grey, and touches of orange, on sides lozenge shapes with white grounds.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- enamel
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1908-1917
- Size:
- 3.2 × 8.4 × 6 cm (1 1/4 × 3 5/16 × 2 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.209
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- MARK kokoshnik in circle, kokoshnik facing right in an oval with a delta for Moscow and 88 for silver standard, Cyrillic letter ...БЕР... part of name of Fabergé topped by double headed eagle for Imperial warrant [On Bottom] MARK 88, Faberge in Cyrillic topped by eagle [Inside lid] SCRATCHED NUMBER 391831 [Bottom]
- Credit line:
- Museum Purchase, 1987