BROOCH
Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , Albert Holmström (Workmaster)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
A round commemorative tercentenary brooch in openwork matte gold enriched with the dates 1613 and 1913 and a small replica of the Monomakh crown at the center set with a ruby and two diamonds. Three lozenge shapes are separated with three small aquamarines.
- Object name:
- BROOCH
- Made from:
- Gold -- aquamarines -- ruby -- diamonds
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1913
- Size:
- 1 1/4 × 1 1/4 in. (3.2 × 3.2 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 17.84
- Class:
- JEWELRY
- Signature marks:
- MARKS Kokoshnik facing right (1908-1917) with a dot under the chin (for St. Petersburg) [on rim]; AH in Latin script for Holmström Albert, kokoshnik facing right [on pin]; 56 for gold standard, AH, alpha for St. Petersburg, kokoshnik facing right [on catch] DATE 1613, 1913 [On front] SCRATCH NUMBER 4595 [On rim]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973