CHAMBERLAIN KEY
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
Key is of unusual shape, double headed eagle wearing three crowns and holding a scepter and globe. On breast of the eagle is a medallion within which is the cipher of Tsar Alexander I and the imperial crown above. Stem is reeded and wrapped with a ribbon. Key part is X-shaped.
- Object name:
- CHAMBERLAIN KEY
- Made from:
- Metal
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 1801-1825
- Size:
- 15.2 cm (6 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 14.18
- Class:
- METAL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973