SNUFFBOX

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

On lid in niello is a view of some public buildings. On sides is a criss cross pattern in niello and on bottom a fret work centering rosettes.

Object name:

SNUFFBOX

Made from:

Silver -- niello

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

1885

Size:

1 7/16 × 2 7/16 in. (3.7 × 6.2 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

13.78

Class:

NIELLO

Signature marks:

MARK inside on bottom: St. George and the Dragon for Moscow, 84 in a square for silver standard, HT, illegible; underneath lid: illegible with 1885, 84, HT

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973