Oval Box with View of the Kremlin
(18th and 19th Centuries )
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.
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Provenance
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Leo Kaplan, New York; Jean M. Riddell, Washington, D.C., June 11, 1985, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by bequest.
Geographies
Russia, Moscow
(Place of Origin)
Russia, Moscow, Kremlin (Place Depicted)
Measurements
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)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. Jean M. Riddell, 2010
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
44.950
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