A-104, 1935

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 8, Item SC07.02.3.042

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] RUSSIAN IMPERIAL EXHIBIT Article No. A-104 Oval Frame delicately wrought in filigree effect set with sixteen alternating sapphires and rubies. Contains an original snap-shot of the Czarevitch Alexis in a sailor suit, sitting astride an old cannon in the gardens of Peterhof, which was the Imperial summer residence in 1910. The frame is marked with figure "88"denoting a higher quality of Russian silver than our "Sterling." From the personal quarters of the Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, in the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo. She was the wife of Nicholai II, the last Czar of Russia.

Mrs. John L. Pratt January 31, 1935.

FROM THE HAMMER COLLECTION – 682 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK

Language:

English

Acquisition information:

Gift of Lillian Thomas Pratt.

Biographical / historical:

American--1

Physical description:

Paper

Physical facet:

Sales records

Other descriptive data:

Hammer Collection, Russian Imperial Treasures, Fifth Avenue

Digitization of the Lillian Thomas Pratt Archives has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Related material:

47.20.345

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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