BADGE OF THE MARIINSKY BARRACK HOSPITAL
Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler)
Currently in storage
About this object
The main portion, in silver, is a pointed oval in silver with an inscription on the edge and openwork within. On this is a red cross in enamel above which is a large cipher M P in silver gilt topped by the Imperial crown.
- Object name:
- BADGE OF THE MARIINSKY BARRACK HOSPITAL
- Made from:
- Silver -- gold -- enamel
- Made in:
- St. Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- c. 1902
- Size:
- 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.130
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MARK 84, Я Л [Ya L in Cyrillic for Liapunov Yakov, essayer in St. Petersburg in 1896-1903]; А Б [AB in Cyrillic for an unidentified master]; French import mark. MONOGRAM МП [MP in Cyrillic for Maria Pavlovna, under crown] [On top] INSCRIPTIONS МАРIИНСКАЯ БАРАЧНАЯ ЛЕЧЕБНИЦА [Trans.: Mariinsky Barrack Hospital] [on front]; Э. Ю. Вергон [E. Iu. Vergon], 1902 [on back]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973