CHAMBERLAIN KEY
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Top of key is in the form of the Russian Imperial double headed eagle. On its breast, a shield bearing the cipher of Alexander III surrounded by the chain of the Order of Saint Andrew. Shaft is entwined with a garland. Key itself is apointed quatrefoil. End is rounded.
- Object name:
- CHAMBERLAIN KEY
- Made from:
- Ormolu
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1881-1894
- Size:
- 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.126
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973