FRAME WITH MINIATURES OF EMPEROR NICHOLAS II AND HIS FAMILY (LATER ADDITIONS)

Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , Hjalmar Armfelt (Workmaster)

Currently in storage

About this object

The wooden frame is mounted in silver. The inner and outer borders are beaded. There are sprays of leaves above, below, and at the sides and wreaths in the four corners, all in silver. At the top is a wreath with ribbons within which is the number XL in silver. The eleven opening for the miniatures have borders in silver engraved with a wreath. The silver numbers for the year are missing. The miniatures are of Emperor Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, their children, Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Alexei and Anastasia, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaievich, uncle of the Emperor, Grand Duchess Anastasia, wife of Grand Duke Nicholas, Grand Duchess Xenia, sister of the Emperor and Grand Duchess Olga, sister of the Emperor.

Object name:

FRAME WITH MINIATURES OF EMPEROR NICHOLAS II AND HIS FAMILY (LATER ADDITIONS)

Made from:

Wood -- silver -- watercolor on ivory

Made in:

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Date made:

early 20th Century

Size:

54.5 × 37.9 cm (21 7/16 × 14 15/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

12.180

Class:

SILVER

Signature marks:

MARK three hallmarks: 1. Fabergé in Cyrillic letters; 2. kokoshnik facing right for 1908-1917 with 88 for the silver value and alpha for St. Petersburg; 3. Ia A or Ia L in Cyrillic for the assaymaster

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973