BOX
Creator(s): Unknown (Maker)
Currently in storage
About this object
Rectangular shaped box carved in birchwood and polished. On cover is a circular panel with a picture of a nobleman (boyar) presenting the traditional plate of bread and salt for hospitality. Filled on interior with compartments.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Wood -- metal -- enamal
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- early 20th Century
- Size:
- 11.1 x 21.9 cm (4 3/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 34.40.1-2
- Class:
- WOOD
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTIONS 81 N [bottom of compartment, inside box] LABELS 25 [in ink, on blue framed label, inside]; 31 [in ink, on blue framed label, underneath]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973