SALTCELLAR
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Around the body are three rococo cartouches each with a cupid in a landscape, all in niello on an engraved background. Three tall feet are serpant like. Dome like cover has imperial eagle on top (removed from cellar).
- Object name:
- SALTCELLAR
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1795
- Size:
- 14 cm (5 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.30.1
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, 84 for silver standard, NO (in a square) for maker, inventory number 28 impressed
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973