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TUMBLER
TUMBLER
13.179
Unknown
1865
Tumbler has a panoramic view of Velikii Ustiug in niello in a band around the center of the cup. Around the top is a small band of flowers and leaves in a niello ground. Around the bottom is a...
TEAPOT WITH GENRE SCENES
TEAPOT WITH GENRE SCENES
13.183.1-2
Unknown (Silversmith)
ca. 1770
Rococo scrolls decorate this niello teapot, here encircling harvest scenes. The black niello figures against the gilded and engraved silver ground give the appearance of a glorious sunrise or...
CUP (CHARKA)
CUP (CHARKA)
13.2
Unknown
1675-1700
Top of handle and interior of bowl are engraved with floral scrolls against a stippled and nielloed background. On bottom is a bird with floral scrolls engraved and gilt, also against a stippled...
TANKARD
TANKARD
13.20
Unknown (Silversmith)
c. 1802
Around base and lid is an engraved and stippled acanthus border. About the body of the tankard are four allegorical scenes representing the four seasons: Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring. All in...
SNUFFBOX WITH FALCONET'S MONUMENT TO PETER THE GREAT
SNUFFBOX WITH FALCONET'S MONUMENT TO PETER THE GREAT
13.21
Master I. O. (Silversmith)
1813
On cover in niello against a gold stippled ground is a view of Falconet's Monument to Peter the Great in St. Petersburg. On the underside is a medallion framed with a laurel garland set against a...
OVAL BOX WITH A MAP OF THE VOLOGDA PROVINCE
OVAL BOX WITH A MAP OF THE VOLOGDA PROVINCE
13.23.1-2
Fedor Klimov Bushkovskii (Silversmith)
1817
On cover is map of Province of Vologda; a star giving the points of the compass; coat of arms of the province; table indicating distances between main cities; and three shaped cartouches with map...
PLAYING CARD BOX
PLAYING CARD BOX
13.24
Dmitrii Kolesnikov (Silversmith)
1820
Box is made to resemble a deck of playing cards that are slightly bent from use. On the cover is a wanderer in a forested landscape. He carries a basket full of vegetables (?) in his proper...
CHARKA
CHARKA
13.25
Unknown
1827
Sides are nielloed on silver with a panorama of buildings, walls, etc. partially broken up by swags of drapery. Above and below the landscape are continuous freizes of a leaf pattern.
SNUFFBOX WITH A MAP OF THE VOLOGDA PROVINCE
SNUFFBOX WITH A MAP OF THE VOLOGDA PROVINCE
13.27
Fedor Klimov Bushkovskii (Silversmith)
1822
On cover of the rectangular snuffbox is a map of the Province of Vologda indicating major cities and rivers; a table at the upper left indicates the location of neighboring provinces as indicated...
SNUFFBOX WITH AN ALLEGORICAL FIGURE
SNUFFBOX WITH AN ALLEGORICAL FIGURE
13.28
Aleksei Sokolov ((Possibly))
1823
On the cover of the rectangular box is a medallion with a female figure crowned with a laurel leaf seated on a cloud within a medallion framed by a laurel garland. A bird is seated on her...
SNUFFBOX WITH THE PROPOSED MONUMENT TO MININ AND POZHARSKII
SNUFFBOX WITH THE PROPOSED MONUMENT TO MININ AND POZHARSKII
13.29
Master D. A. (Silversmith)
1823
On cover of the rectangular box is a depiction of Ivan Petrovich Martos’s Monument to Minin and Pozharskii that now stands in front of St. Basil’s in Moscow’s Red Square. The socle with a...
SALTCELLAR
SALTCELLAR
13.30.1
Unknown
1795
Around the body are three rococo cartouches each with a cupid in a landscape, all in niello on an engraved background. Three tall feet are serpant like. Dome like cover has imperial eagle on top...