JAR
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The outer surface is almost entirely covered with a fine beadwork consisting of a turquoise blue background and with a continuous band of roses and leaves around the upper and lower borders, and clusters of the same around the center of the jar. The roses being white with touches of pale blue and the leaves a yellowish-green color. The upper and lower edges, the bottom and the interior are all covered with leather.
- Object name:
- JAR
- Made from:
- Beads -- leather -- tin
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 1780
- Size:
- 15.2 x 11.9 cm (6 x 4 11/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 46.12
- Class:
- BEADWORK
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Gift of Mrs. Augustus Riggs, 1974