SNUFFBOX WITH THE PROPOSED MONUMENT TO MININ AND POZHARSKII
Creator(s): Master D. A. (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
On cover of the rectangular box is a depiction of Ivan Petrovich Martos’s Monument to Minin and Pozharskii that now stands in front of St. Basil’s in Moscow’s Red Square. The socle with a bas-relief of citizens battling the Poles is roughly rendered. At the base is an inscription matching that on the monument (“To Citizen Minin and Prince Pozharskii”). Surrounding the image on three sides is an elaborate rococo frame in which the scrolls and leaves are studded with or anchored by weapons and military trophies. On the underside is a battle scene with a view of the Kremlin in the background. The scenes are rendered in niello against a stippled gilt background and the interior is gilded.
- Object name:
- SNUFFBOX WITH THE PROPOSED MONUMENT TO MININ AND POZHARSKII
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1823
- Size:
- 4.1 × 9.2 × 7.2 cm (1 5/8 × 3 5/8 × 2 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.29
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK; INSCRIPTION interior on bottom: St. George and the Dragon right for Moscow before 1896, V.M. in Cyrillic for Moscow assayer Vasilii Fedorovich Moshkov (active Moscow 1823-1824) /1823 in a square, D.A. in Cyrillic in a square for unknown workmaster; inside lid: 84 for silver standard, D.A.; on inner edge: D.A.; scratched mark 4877 illegible letters inscription To Citizen Minin and Prince Pozharskii
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973