Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

The handleless charka is urn-shaped. Around the flaring upper part is engraved stylized leaves on a dotted ground. The body is bulbous and melon-shaped. The ring foot flares outward.

Made from:

Silver repoussé

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

ca. 1740

Size:

3 cm (1 3/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

12.541

Class:

SILVER

Signature marks:

MARK hallmarks: 1. St. George and the Dragon for Moscow with the date 174?; 2. A E [transcription]; 3. partly legible mark

Credit line:

Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1966