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BOX WITH A WINTER TROIKA SCENE

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

Oblong box has a detachable lid enameled in lacquer depicting a troika going to the left in a snowscape on a red background. Lower part is also enameled red.

Object name:
BOX WITH A WINTER TROIKA SCENE
Made from:
Silver -- enamel
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
1871
Size:
3 × 13 cm (1 3/16 × 5 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
35.53.1-2
Class:
LACQUER
Signature marks:
MARK anchor and crossed scepters (St. Petersburg); 84 (silver standard); BC 1871 in a square (tester and date); MN (maker)
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973