FLASK
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The flask is octagonal. Four of the sides have a leaf and floral pattern engraved in silver gilt with a niello pattern for the background. Alternating between these are four sides engraved with allegorical figures of the virtues in gilt against a background engraved with triangles, partly nielloed. Each figure is within an oval with leaf motifs on top and bottom. Each figure has its name in Cyrillic letters: Faith (Vera), Hope (Nadezhda), Love (Liubov), Truth (Pravda). Top has gilt and nielloed scrolls. Screw cap has gilt and nielloed scrolls around sides and star engraved on top. There is a loop for suspension. The object is not marked.
- Object name:
- FLASK
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 18th c.
- Size:
- 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.155.1-2
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION [Cyrillic caps] VERA In niello, on panel above allegorical figure. Trans: Faith inscription [Cyrillic caps] NADEZHDA In niello, on panel above allegorical figure. Trans: Hope inscription [Cyrillic caps] LIUBOV" In niello, on panel above allegorical figure. Trans: Love inscription [Cyrillic caps] PRAVDA In niello, on panel above allegorical figure. Trans: Truth
- Credit line:
- Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1966