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CIRCULAR BOX WITH A SUMMER TROIKA SCENE

Creator(s): Vishniakov (Firm)

Currently in storage


About this object

On the cover of the box is a scene of young peasant man recklessly driving a troika pulled by a brown, white, and black horse along a dusty road. In the troika are seated three young peasant women, with their ribbons flying in the breeze. The box's exterior is black and the interior is red.

Object name:
CIRCULAR BOX WITH A SUMMER TROIKA SCENE
Made from:
Lacquer -- papier-mâché -- oil paint -- tempera
Made in:
RUSSIA: Ostashkovo
Date made:
1882-1888
Size:
2.9 x 8.4 cm (1 1/8 x 3 5/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
35.38.1-2
Class:
LACQUER
Signature marks:
MARK [Maker's mark for Vishniakov and Sons with medals from the 1870, 1872 and 1882 All-Russian exhibitions] Stamped in silver-white on interior of lid. INVENTORY MARK Russ. 67542 AB Handwritten in white letters on interior edge of the box. INVENTORY MARK AB 67.541 Russ. Handwritten in white letters, interior top Old Smithsonian inventory mark.
Credit line:
Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1966