CUP (CHARKA)
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Top of handle and interior of bowl are engraved with floral scrolls against a stippled and nielloed background. On bottom is a bird with floral scrolls engraved and gilt, also against a stippled and nielloed ground. Three ball and claw feet.
- Object name:
- CUP (CHARKA)
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1675-1700
- Size:
- 9.5 cm (3 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.2
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- mark swan underside of handle French import mark after 1893
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973