OVAL SALT DISH

Creator(s): Andrei Astrakhantsev (Silversmith)

Currently in storage

About this object

The rim is fluted, scalloped and wide and bends downwards almost vertically just clearing the base. The top edge is beaded. The interior is gilt.

Object name:

OVAL SALT DISH

Made from:

Silver

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

1834

Size:

9.1 × 7 cm (3 9/16 × 2 3/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

12.448

Class:

SILVER

Signature marks:

MARK on the bottom: 1. St. George and the Dragon for Moscow and the date 1834; 2.N.D. in cyrillic for the tester Nikolai Lukich Dubrovin; 3. 84 for the silver standard; 4. a partially illegible maker's mark which is probably AA in cyrillic for Andrei Astrakhantsev

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973