Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

Slipper said to have been used to carry salt in pocket. It has a high heel, and sides, toe and sole are decorated in niello. On cover is inscrption.

Made from:

Silver -- niello

Made in:

Caucasus, Russia

Date made:

19th c.

Size:

6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

13.174

Class:

NIELLO

Signature marks:

MARK; INSCRIPTION Shield, bA, 84; Caucasus in Cyrillic

Credit line:

Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1966