LETTER OPENER
Creator(s): Unknown (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The main part of the handle is in mother-of-pearl and the two ends are mounted in silver with molded decoration. At the end on one side is engraved H H with crown for Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich (1831-1891). On the other side the Russian imperial eagle with the crown above.
- Object name:
- LETTER OPENER
- Made from:
- Silver -- mother of pearl -- brass
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- c. 1880
- Size:
- 21.3 cm (8 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.168
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- MONOGRAM NN in Cyrillic with crown
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973