BISHOP'S PECTORAL CROSS AND CHAIN
Creator(s): Grigori Pankratev (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The cross is in openwork and set with glass pastes in imitation of diamonds on the body of the cross and with a row of glass pastes in imitation of emeralds along the arms of the cross. In the center is a painted enamel with Veronica. Above is the Imperial crown also in glass pastes.
- Object name:
- BISHOP'S PECTORAL CROSS AND CHAIN
- Made from:
- Silver -- enamel -- glass paste
- Made in:
- St. Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1874-1908
- Size:
- Cross: 5 9/16 × 2 7/8 in. (14.1 × 7.3 cm) Chain: 44 in. (111.8 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.120
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- HALLMARKS 1. crossed anchors and scepter for St. Petersburg; 2. 84 for silver standard; 3. Г.П [G.P in Cyrillic, maker's mark for Grigori Pankratev] [On chain] SCRATCHED NUMBER 46 4L / Ui 11 _ / 503 M / Ei /-/- [Wartski inventory number, engraved on silver on back of the miniature]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973