CIGARETTE CASE WITH FALCONET'S MONUMENT TO PETER THE GREAT

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

On cover in niello and silver is a picture of Falconet's statue of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg, with buildings to each side and the names Peter I and Catherine II in Russian letters. On back in the center is a medallion with a picture of a village gate, the whole against a pattern of quatrefoils in silver on niello. Borders, top. bottom and sides are acanthus leaves engraved in silver on a nielloed ground.

Object name:

CIGARETTE CASE WITH FALCONET'S MONUMENT TO PETER THE GREAT

Made from:

Silver -- niello

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

1821

Size:

5.9 × 8.1 cm (2 5/16 × 3 3/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

13.26

Class:

NIELLO

Signature marks:

MARK; NAME interior on bottom: St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, M.K./1821 in a square, B.F. in a square; on inside of cover: 84 and No. 3 Peter I Catherine I

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973