Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
This is a reasonable copy of the Imperial crown and doubtless comes from the silver cover of an icon, which in turn would have been a copy of one of the famous icons with a silver or gold covering, given by one of the tsars or tsarinas.
- Made from:
- Silver gilt -- seed pearls -- rubies
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- Late 18th c.
- Size:
- 3.5 x 3.5 cm (1 3/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 12.211
- Class:
- SILVER
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973