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