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LID FROM 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. Domw like cover has imperial eagle on top (removed from cellar).

Object name:
LID FROM SALTCELLAR
Made from:
Silver gilt -- niello
Made in:
Moscow, Russia
Date made:
1795
Size:
5.1 cm (2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
13.30.2
Class:
NIELLO
Signature marks:
MARK St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, 84 for silver standard, inventory number 28 impressed
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973