"Icon delicately painted…"

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 11, Item SC07.02.4.005

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Extent:

1 item

Scope and content:

Transcription: Icon delicately painted on wood and mounted with a silver trapping set with seed pearls in Byzantine design, on a background of green enamel. "Our Lord Jesus Christ Holding the Open Scriptures" which read: "The Commandment of the New Day - "Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself". It is backed with red velvet. It was made by the court jeweler Fabergé whose name it bears. It is marked with the figures "88" which denotes the highest quality of Russian silver. From the quarters of Nicholai II in the Alex. Palace, Tsarskoye Selo. Inventory no. 12-31-33.

Language:

English

Acquisition information:

Gift of Lillian Thomas Pratt.

Biographical / historical:

American--1

Physical description:

Paper

Physical facet:

Exhibit scripts

Related material:

47.20.3

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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