A-61

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 9, Item SC07.02.3.067

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] Article No. A-61 Unusual frame of rose jasper and gold-on-silver, containing a snapshot of Grand Duchess Marie Nicholaevna, third daughter of Nicholai II, taken in Peterhof, 1907. Dome-shaped and with easel back, it is contained in the original Vyatka birch box, lined with green velvet and white silk, of the court jeweler to Nicholai II, Carl Faberge. The lining is stamped with his name beneath the double-headed eagle of royal appointment. The frame is hall-marked with the initials of one of Faberge's leading workmasters [sic], Mikhail Perchin; the number "84" denoting the Russian standard of silver; and the wreathed head of the government assay office. It is also engraved with the original order number of the court jeweler, "45196". From the quarters of the children of Nicholai II, in the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo.

Mrs. J. L. Pratt January 27, 1938

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:

47.20.327

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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