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Coffer

1760s (made)
Artist/Maker
Russian Imperial Arms Factory, Tula (makers)
Place of origin
Tula (made)

Coffer of lacquered steel, pierced with a pattern of scrolling foliage over a ground of green and tortoise-shell coloured enamel. The key handle of the key is made of perforated steel.

Object details

Categories
Metalwork
Household Objects
Ironwork
Object type
Coffer
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Coffer
  • Key
Materials and techniques
Steel, lacquered, pierced and perforated
Steel
Lacquer
Enamel
Lacquering
Piercing
Perforating
Enamelling
Brief description
Lacquered steel coffer pierced with a pattern of scrolling foliage on a ground of green and brown enamel, the key of steel with perforated handle, made by the Imperial Arms Factory, Tula, 1760s
Physical description
Coffer of lacquered steel, pierced with a pattern of scrolling foliage over a ground of green and tortoise-shell coloured enamel. The key handle of the key is made of perforated steel.
Gallery label
(07/1994)
COFFER
Steel
Russia (Tula); 1760s
48 & a-1869

Made in the Imperial Arms Factory at Tula. Lacquered steel pierced in floriated pattern upon a ground of green and tortoise-shell coloured enamels. The handle of the key is of perforated steel. A similar example is in the Kremlin.
Bibliographic references
  • Campbell, Marian. An Introduction to Ironwork. London : Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1985. 48 p., ill. ISBN 0112904157 Plate 10
  • The Art Journal. 1869. p.221
Collection
Metalwork Collection
Accession number
48&A-1869

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O380460/coffer-russian-imperial-arms/
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