5528

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 8, Item SC07.02.3.032

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] RUSSIAN IMPERIAL EXHIBIT January 4th, 1934. Article No. 5528

An icon finely painted on wood and mounted with a silver trapping set with seed pearls in a Byzantine design on a background of green enamel. The subject of the icon is "Our Lord Jesus Christ Holding the Open Scriptures" which read: "The commandment of the new day: Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself." The icon is backed with red velvet. It was made by the court jeweler, Faberge, whose full name is marked under the Imperial double eagle. It also bears the figure "88" which denotes the highest quality of Russian silver. The icon is from the quarters of Nicholai II in the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo.

From the Hammer Collection – Three East Fifty-second Street, New York, N. Y.

Language:

English

Acquisition information:

Gift of Lillian Thomas Pratt.

Biographical / historical:

American--1

Physical description:

Paper

Physical facet:

Sales records

Related material:

47.20.3

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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