BOX WITH TROIKA SCENE
Creator(s): Vishniakov (Firm)
Currently in storage
About this object
Hinged box is lacquered red on the exterior. On the cover is scene of a troika driving along the sandy shore of a lake or river. Seated in the troika are the driver and two women in peasant costume, one of whom looks off into the distance. The interior is lined with silver leaf. The scene is somewhat confusingly painted -- the driver is dressed for winter while his two passengers wear summer clothing.
- Object name:
- BOX WITH TROIKA SCENE
- Made from:
- Lacquer -- papier-mâché -- oil paint and tempera -- silver leaf -- brass (hinge)
- Made in:
- RUSSIA: Ostashkovo
- Date made:
- 1872-1887
- Size:
- 5.7 x 17.8 x 11.4 cm (2 1/4 x 7 x 4 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 35.22
- Class:
- LACQUER
- Signature marks:
- MARK [partial factory mark] On interior of lid, stamped in blue.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973