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