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FORK

Creator(s): Mikhail Chulkov (Silversmith)

Currently in storage


About this object

On back in an arched frame is a niello landscape with a complex of buildings. On front and back of handle is a spray of leaves and flowers in niello on stippled gilded ground..

Object name:
FORK
Made from:
Silver gilt -- niello
Made in:
Vologda, Russia
Date made:
1840
Size:
21 cm (8 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
13.139
Class:
NIELLO
Signature marks:
MARK on back: city mark for Vologda, I. P/ in Latin script for Runov Iordan(essayer in 1840-1841) / 1840, 84, MCh in Cirillic for Chulkov Mikhail, workmaster in 1801-1864
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973