AS-1312

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 8, Item SC07.02.3.049

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] RUSSIAN IMPERIAL TREASURES Article No. AS-1312 Exquisite parasol handle in baton design. It is of solid gold and decorated with conventional shell designs on a smooth ground. Each shell is set with a diamond, ruby, emerald or sapphire. On one side is applied a cut out double-headed eagle of Russia, adorned with the crests of all the Sovereign states, including that of Moscow in the center, showing "St. George Slaying the Dragon." The handle is finished with an exceptional ball of choice flawless Siberian lapis lazuli of magnificient [sic] blue quality, set in a cup of scroll design, also set with precious stones. In all, there are eight diamonds, four rubies, four emeralds and five sapphires. From the quarters of the Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholai II, in the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo.

Mrs. John L. Pratt May, 1936

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:

47.20.179

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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