Russian Metal Artworks

Casket

    Casket

    Russia, Moscow

    1874

    Silver; casting, chiselling, guilloche, cutting, gilding

    9.0 х 19.5 х 14.3 cm

    Marks: "ГГ"; "ВС/1874", "84", Moscow city coat of arms

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    Silver gilded octagonal casket with a hinged lid, with two hanging handles and a throw-on tongue of a padlock. Chiselled image of the blank shield beneath the noble crown, supported by two roosters on the patterned background adorns the hinged lid surface. The ornamental belt of the lilies decorates the lid slope. Casket sides are decorated with a composite foliate geometric ornament forming frames, with the patterned background inside. Curly hanging handles and throw-on tongue are ornated by cut-through geometric ornament. The casket is in the Russian style.

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    Инв.2434/ДПИ