TEA CADDY
Creator(s): Vasilii Semenov (Silversmith)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
On each four sides of this cube-shaped tea caddy there is a medallion with architectural view. Two of them are general views of the Kremlin, one is of St. Basil Cathedral, and the last is of Cathedral of the Redeemer. Medallions are framed with an arabesque border. Similar decorative elements are covering the top of the caddy and the lid. Cork stopper is mounted with gilt mount. On the top of the lid circular medallion for the monogram is left plain.
- Object name:
- TEA CADDY
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- niello -- cork
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1892
- Size:
- 12.1 × 7.2 cm (4 3/4 × 2 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 13.84.1-3
- Class:
- NIELLO
- Signature marks:
- MARK on bottom: St. George left and the Dragon in a square mark for Moscow, 84, A.A in Cyrillic for Artsibashev, Anatolii (essayer in 1891-1896) /1892, VS in Cyrillic for Semenov, Vasilii; neck and stopper: St. George, VS in Cyrillic; lid: St. George, 84, VS in Cyrillic
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973