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TUMBLER

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

Sides are nielloed with continuous scene of a walled city with several warriors in the foreground fighting. Elaborate handle has usual acanthus motif.

Object name:
TUMBLER
Made from:
Silver gilt -- niello
Made in:
Moscow, Russia
Date made:
1840
Size:
8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
13.115
Class:
NIELLO
Signature marks:
MARK St. George and the Dragon, H?, 84, illegible mark
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973