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BOX

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

Wooden box is set in the lid with a medallion in walrus ivoty carved with bust of Empress Elizabeth I (Elizaveta Petrovna) facing right.

Object name:
BOX
Made from:
Ivory -- wood
Made in:
Archangel, Russia
Date made:
1741-1761
Size:
7.9 x 16.7 cm (3 1/8 x 6 9/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
36.24.1-2
Class:
IVORY
Signature marks:
INSCRIPTION around medallion
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973