H3825

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 10, Item SC07.02.3.171

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] RUSSIAN IMPERIAL TREASURES Article No. H3825 Unique cheese spoon of gold on silver in grapevine design, while a crown in relief forms the end of the handle. Below this crown appears the coat-of-arms of Prince Yousoupoff on one side and his family monograph on the other. It was made in England, circa 1847. From the Yousoupoff Palace on Moika Canal in St. Petersburg. This Prince will be remembered for the prominent part he played in the assassination of Rasputin, the monk who wielded such influence over the last royal family of Russia. Mrs. John L. Pratt 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

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

Related material:

47.20.419

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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