BOX WITH MINIATURE OF ALEXANDER II
Creator(s): Unknown (Goldsmith) , Alois Gustav Rockstuhl (Miniaturist)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
An allover design of bunches of grapes with leaves, vines, and tendrils in cobalt blue champlevé enamel covers the entire surface area around the portrait. The miniature of Alexander II is bust sized. He is represented in the uniform of a general with the light blue sash of the Order of St. Andrew and number of Russian orders on the medal bar. Miniature is set in a circle of thirty large rose-cut diamonds in a high setting. Thumbpiece is set with five rose-cut diamonds.
- Object name:
- BOX WITH MINIATURE OF ALEXANDER II
- Made from:
- gold -- enamel -- watercolor on ivory -- diamonds
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- c. 1870
- Size:
- W. 2 3/8 × D. 3 7/16 in. (6 × 8.7 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.47
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE Рокштуль 1870 [Rokshtul] [On miniature] HALLMARKS Crossed anchors and scepter for St. Petersburg; DT/18? for assayer Dmitrii Il'ich Tverskoi (active 1832-50); 72 for gold content; [illegible] S for unknown maker's mark [Inside bottom of box]; HALLMARK Gold guarantee used in Paris, 1838-1919 [On inside edge]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973