BOX WITH CIPHER OF CATHERINE II
Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler)
Currently in storage
About this object
The gold box is circular. On the lid in turquoise blue enamel surrounded by rose-cut diamonds in an oval medallion with the cipher of Catherine II in rose diamonds. Above it is the imperial crown. The borders are delicately engraved. Box is new, possibly with older medallion.
- Object name:
- BOX WITH CIPHER OF CATHERINE II
- Made from:
- Gold -- diamonds -- enamel
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 19th Century
- Size:
- 2.9 × 7.9 cm (1 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.32.1-2
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- MARK Punch mark with owl top and bottom (French import mark for 1893 and after)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973