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Source Description
The casket is architectural in form. Its "roof" supports a crest rail of pale blue fretwork terminating at either end with a black rooster with blue wings and green tail feathers. Just below the roof tiles, there are bands of green, pale blue and foiled red interlace. Circular roundels depicting maidens wearing kokoshniks and pearls have been painted in glossy enamel on the front and back face of the casket. On both ends, lozenge-shaped medallions muscians are portrayed, one playing a balalaika and the other an accordion–they may be serenading the maidens. The handles are shaped as pairs of roosters supporting a horizontal cross bar. Velvet over composite board lines the interior.
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Document identity
localId
82317
label
Casket in the Shape of a Teremok
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Source metadata
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82317
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object
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normalized
title
Casket in the Shape of a Teremok
description
The casket is architectural in form. Its "roof" supports a crest rail of pale blue fretwork terminating at either end with a black rooster with blue wings and green tail feathers. Just below the roof tiles, there are bands of green, pale blue and foiled red interlace. Circular roundels depicting maidens wearing kokoshniks and pearls have been painted in glossy enamel on the front and back face of the casket. On both ends, lozenge-shaped medallions muscians are portrayed, one playing a balalaika and the other an accordion–they may be serenading the maidens. The handles are shaped as pairs of roosters supporting a horizontal cross bar. Velvet over composite board lines the interior.
provenance
Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C. [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
date
1876
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
boxes (containers)
caskets (personal gear)
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6
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6
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
15.8
height
17.4
depth
8.4
dimensionsRaw
Overall H: 6 1/4 × W: 6 7/8 × D: 3 5/16 in. (15.8 × 17.4 × 8.4 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Mark] In Cyrillic: Ovchinnikov with Imperial warrant; [Mark] 91
IK in Cyrillic for unidentified assay master over 1876
St. George
med
silver gilt, champlevé and painted enamel, velvet, composite board
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3889
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EAN
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3423
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