EGG
Creator(s): Maria Semenova (Firm)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Maria Semenova was an accomplished enameller known for her innovations with traditional Russian ornaments. She took over her father's workshop upon his death in 1896 and sucessfully ran the business until 1904.
Both halves of the egg are decorated with an all-over pattern of leaves and flowers in white, blue, red, purple, and yellow enamel against a stippled gilt ground. The central decorative element is a fountain-like scroll in navy blue and brick red. Each half has a border of small circles in opaque turquoise enamel. The interior is gilded.
- Object name:
- EGG
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- enamel
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1898-1908
- Size:
- 5.7 × 4.1 cm (2 1/4 × 1 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 15.92.1-2
- Class:
- ENAMEL
- Signature marks:
- silver standard; assayer's mark 84 [kokoshnik left] [Cyrillic] IL Inside top (15.92.1) The three marks are contained within an oval. These so-called "doubles" (joined marks) were introduced in the Assay Charter of 1882. This particular version (with kokoshnik and assayer's initials) was introduced in late 1898. The initials are those of Moscow assayer Ivan Sergeevich Lebedkin (active late 1898-1914). maker's mark [Cyrillic] MS Inside top (15.92.1) Initials of firm owner Maria Semenova. silver standard; assayer's mark 84 [kokoshnik left] [Cyrillic] IL Inside bottom (15.92.2) The three marks are contained within an oval. These so-called "doubles" (joined marks) were introduced in the Assay Charter of 1882. This particular version (with kokoshnik and assayer's initials) was introduced in late 1898. The initials are those of Moscow assayer Ivan Sergeevich Lebedkin (active late 1898-1914). maker's mark [Cyrillic] MS Inside bottom (15.92.2) Initials of firm owner Maria Semenova.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973