Piggy bank with miniature lock and key
Piggy bank with miniature lock and key
Russia, Moscow
1870
V.S. Semenov silverware workshop
Silver; chiselling, niello, notching, repousse, gilding
11.5 х 13.0 х 10.4 cm
Marks:"ВС"; "ВС/1870", "84", Moscow city coat of arms
Silver, gilded rectangular piggy bank shaped as a casket raised upon four feet, with a hinged lid and a throw-on tongue of a padlock. Each side with a nielloed view of Moscow, the domed hinged lid with the Cyrillic inscription “He who saves money will live without need”. All images are on gilded repousse background in rectangular frames with the inclusion of a foliage pattern. Padlock with the key are in the set.
Инв.3566/ДПИ