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Source Description
A view of the Kremlin towers is painted within the oval on the box's lid. The filigree and painted enamel decoration of tulip blossoms is raised against a stippled background. A cabochon amethyst serves as the thumb-piece.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
82297
label
Oval Box with View of the Kremlin
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
82297
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Oval Box with View of the Kremlin
description
A view of the Kremlin towers is painted within the oval on the box's lid. The filigree and painted enamel decoration of tulip blossoms is raised against a stippled background. A cabochon amethyst serves as the thumb-piece.
provenance
Leo Kaplan, New York; Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., June 11, 1985, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
date
1908-1917
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
boxes (containers)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
4
height
16.3
depth
7.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 9/16 x W: 6 7/16 x D with stone: 3 1/16 in. (4 x 16.3 x 7.8 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Symbols] A11
circular kokoshnik left
IL (in Cyrillic
for Ivan Lebedkin
Moscow assay master
1899-1908)
med
silver gilding, painted filigree enamel, amethyst
creator_ids
3236
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
64b0efe9a97ae4e4