KNIFE FROM THE SERVICE OF THE ORDER OF ST. ALEXANDER NEVSKII
Creator(s): Gavriil Ignat'evich Kozlov (Designer) , Gardner Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
Silver gilt knife with pointed curving blades. Pistol shaped handle with enlarge rococo ends in turquoise and gilding entwined with red ribbon with badge at end near blade. In open spaces are cluster of flowers. Blades are modern but done in old style.
- Object name:
- KNIFE FROM THE SERVICE OF THE ORDER OF ST. ALEXANDER NEVSKII
- Made from:
- Porcelain -- silver gilt
- Made in:
- Verbilki, Russia
- Date made:
- 18th c.
- Size:
- 20.3 cm (8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 25.426.5
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973