5054, 1933

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 8, Item SC07.02.3.005

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] RUSSIAN IMPERIAL EXHIBIT January 26, 1933 Article No. 5054 A small modern Icon of "St. George the Conqueror." Painted on metal and framed by the well-known Klebnikov of St. Petersburg. The frame is decorated in beautiful enamel work and bears the Russian hallmark "84" denoting the finest quality silver; also bears the stamp of the Imperial Double-headed Eagle, showing that it was made especially for a member of the Russian Royal Family. From the collection belonging to Nicholai II and his wife Alexandra, in the Winter and Alexander Palaces.

Mrs. John L. Pratt Chatham Fredericksburg Virginia

From the Hammer Collection – Three East Fifty-second Street, New York, N. Y.

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 Exhibit, E. 52nd Street

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

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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