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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