BOX

Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , Fedor Rückert (Attributed to) , Konstantin Egorovich Makovskii (After)

On view in: Pavilion

About this object

A rectangular box. On the lid is a reserved shaped panel containing a scene painted in en plein enamel with "The Boyar" after Konstantin Makovskii (Makovsky). He is wearing a cap and fur trimmed red robe, and is seated facing right, with his hands resting on a staff. There is a vessel on a shelf at right, and rays of light above streaming from a window made of small circular panes. The rest of the box is covered in filigree enamel in Neo-Russian style in dark blue, brown, grey, and touches of orange, on sides lozenge shapes with white grounds.

Object name:

BOX

Made from:

Silver gilt -- enamel

Made in:

Moscow, Russia

Date made:

1908-1917

Size:

3.2 × 8.4 × 6 cm (1 1/4 × 3 5/16 × 2 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

15.209

Class:

ENAMEL

Signature marks:

MARK kokoshnik in circle, kokoshnik facing right in an oval with a delta for Moscow and 88 for silver standard, Cyrillic letter ...БЕР... part of name of Fabergé topped by double headed eagle for Imperial warrant [On Bottom] MARK 88, Faberge in Cyrillic topped by eagle [Inside lid] SCRATCHED NUMBER 391831 [Bottom]

Credit line:

Museum Purchase, 1987