Tray
date: label: date made
content: 1875
notes: label: Description
content: Partial-gilt, repousse chased tray in the form a two-handled, shallow woven straw basket partially covered by a softly draped, fringed damask napkin; an imperial crown and pair of crossed B's are riveted through the napkin's corner. Four, splayed, knotwork or interlaced feet. Underside struck with five marks: an imperial or double-headed eagle in a circle, "M.OVCHINNIKOV" in raised Cyrillic letters in a rectangle, and "A•C / 1875", "84" and St. George slaying the dragon, all in individual clipped-corner surrounds.
label: Description
content: Maker's mark appears to be that of Mikhail Ovchinnikov (Михаил Овчинников) of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Asssayed in Moscow by Aggey Grigoryevich Svechin (Аггей Григорьевич Свечин; assayer, 1862-1875).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Russia: Moskva, Moscow
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Max Furman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.297121.0007
label: catalog number
content: 297121.0007
label: accession number
content: 297121
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tray
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: gold (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/2 in x 15 3/8 in x 10 3/4 in; 6.35 cm x 39.0525 cm x 27.305 cm