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SEAL

Creator(s): Firm of Nicholls and Plincke (Firm) , Samuel Arnd (Workmaster)

On view in: Icon Room


About this object

The seal is made from gold and is shaped like a lifting weight with a ring handle at top.

Object name:
SEAL
Made from:
Gold -- chalcedony
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
1859
Size:
2.2 cm (7/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
11.126
Class:
GOLD
Signature marks:
MARK crossed anchor and sceptors for St. Petersburg before 1896, 56, SA in Latin for Arnd Samuel (St. Petersburg goldsmith active 1793-1817) Inscription on one side: 1P in Cyrillic (for 1 pud), 1859; other side: A II, N i P in Cyrillic (for Nicholls and Plincke firm) Monogram A II (in Cyrillic) On the bottom
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973