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ASHTRAY

Creator(s): Fabergé (Attributed to) , Vasily Fedorovich Soloviev (Attributed to)

Currently in storage


About this object

The round shallow bowl in yellow jasper has a silver rim and has set in the bottom a silver coin of Catherine II the background of which is enamelled blue. Both sides of the coin are visible but the portrait of Catherine exposed in the bottom of the bowl has a blue enamelled background.

Object name:
ASHTRAY
Made from:
Jasper -- silver -- enamel
Made in:
Russia
Date made:
ca. 1900
Size:
11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
12.152
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
MARK on rim: Sterling
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973