GT-1530/3, 1936

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 8, Item SC07.02.3.052

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] Article GT-1530/3 Handsome frame of transparent green enamel with two oval apertures containing a photograph of Czarina Alexandra and one of the Czar, Nicholai II. Above the ovals is the double-headed eagle with wings outstretched. The crown between the heads is set with rubies and diamonds while a shield, set with the same stones, is on its breast. Underneath the photographs are three swags with rosettes and crescents in garland effect. At the top of the frame two griffins, facing each other with their paws resting on an urn, form a delightful balance to the whole. It is backed with an ivory panel, the handle and ring being of gold scroll. It was made by the court silversmith to Nicholai II, K. Hann, and is hallmarked with his full name beneath the double-headed eagle of Royal appointment; the number "88" denoting the Russian quality of silver; and the wreathed head of the government assay office. Since it was originally imported from Russia into France, it also bears the assay office device of that country. From the quarters of the Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna in the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo. Mrs. John L. Pratt November 9th, 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, Hammer Galleries, Fifth Avenue

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

Related material:

47.20.330

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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