CYLINDRICAL SEAL
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The seal is a seven sided roller in emerald quartz, each side cut with a different design, among them a chimney sweep, spider, pig, mushroom, four-leaf clover, pansy flower, and ladybug. This is secured to the holder by a gold pin terminating at each side with a tiny diamond. Handle is in jade.
- Object name:
- CYLINDRICAL SEAL
- Made from:
- Gold -- jade -- quartz
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.56
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- mark 133019 G 886 G1 scratched Gold plaque on the bottom of the handle
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973