6111

Containers:
Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 8, Item SC07.02.3.035
Creator:
Hammer Galleries
Extent:
1 page
Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] RUSSIAN IMPERIAL EXHIBIT February 1st, 1934. Article No. 6111

A jewel chest made of hand-hammered silver, and lined with mulberry velvet. On the cover is the Russian Imperial Double-headed eagle adorned with the various emblems of the Romanoff family. The sides of the cover bear the repeated initial "M", inlaid with blue enamel, which stands for the Dowager Empress Marie, mother of Nicholai II. The key is set with a semi-precious green stone. The box is undoubtedly of Danish origin.

It is from the quarters of the Dowager Empress Marie, in the Anitchov Palace, St. Petersburg.

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:

47.20.426

Access and use

Location of collection:
VMFA Archives
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library
200 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220-4007
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Roxanne Winfield
Phone: (804) 340-1497
Phone: (804) 340-1495
Terms of access:

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Parent restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

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Parent terms of access:
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Preferred citation:

Lillian Thomas Pratt Personal Papers (SC-07). VMFA Archives, Richmond, Virginia.