SNUFF BOX
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
On cover in niello is a scene with a soldier lying in the central foreground and a woman stadning at right. Small buildings in the background to the right and left. Border is strie in niello intercepted by rosettes. Sides are ribbed. On bottom a landscape with fantastic buildings and trees.
- Object name:
- SNUFF BOX
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1821
- Size:
- 5.4 x 9.2 cm (2 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.157
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK St. George and the Dragon, 84, MK/1821, ?K
- Credit line:
- Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1966