BASKET
Creator(s): Unknown (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
A woven basket weave design forms the basket. It is overlaid with a tromple l'oeil damask napkin overlapped and folded on itself. Looped around the handles of twisted silver is a thin string of silver with tassels at each end. This was a favorite conceit of the Russians for exhibition in the west and for export.
- Object name:
- BASKET
- Made from:
- Silver -- parcel gilt
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1886
- Size:
- 8.4 × 36.5 × 25.7 cm (3 5/16 × 14 3/8 × 10 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2010.2
- Signature marks:
- MARK St. George for Moscow.
- Credit line:
- Collectors Circle Purchase, 2010