CHARKA (ONE OF TWO)
Creator(s): Unknown (Silversmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Charka is pointed at one end and at the other end the handle is shaped like a branch with leaves and flowers spreading over the bottom. Back is nielloed with a coat of arms of Denis Chicherin, governor of Siberia from 1763 to 1781. On the handle of the charka, his initials in Cyrillic under the nine-point crown of a count. It is a part of a service made in Tobolsk for Chicherin in 1774.
- Object name:
- CHARKA (ONE OF TWO)
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Tobolsk, Russia
- Date made:
- 1774-1775
- Size:
- 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.3.2
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MONOGRAM; COAT OF ARMS DCh in Cyrillic on handle
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973