E-43, 1936

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 8, Item SC07.02.3.056

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] Article E-43 Exceptional photograph of the Czarina Alexandra in court dress, showing her great beauty. It is appropriately framed in finely chased gold on silver with a background of red iridescent enamel. The frame was made by the famous court jeweler to Nicholai II, Karl Faberge, outstanding craftsman of the last fifty years. It is marked with the initials of his master and the figures "88" which denote the highest quality of Russian silver. From the personal quarters of Nicholai II in the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo.

Mrs. John L. Pratt November 12th, 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:

47.20.323

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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