BADGE OF THE ORDER OF ST. ANNA
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
First class. A gold cross with red glass arms between which are gold scrollwork studded with paste(?) jewels. The center obverse shows a portrait of St. Anna in color on enamel. The reverse shows the cipher of the motto A.J.P.F. entwined in blue on white ground, topped with a painted gold imperial crown. The order is suspended from a gold brooch-type hanger that is engraved (possibly a later addition). It hangs from a St. Anna ribbon, red edged with yellow.
- Object name:
- BADGE OF THE ORDER OF ST. ANNA
- Made from:
- Gold -- glass -- paste -- enamel -- silk moiré ribbon
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- Late 18th c.-Early 19th c.
- Size:
- H. 2 11/16 in.
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 18.43
- Class:
- ORDER
- Signature marks:
- MARK on hanger: crossed anchors; on loop: French owl (gold) and illegible French mark
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973