STAR OF THE ORDER OF ST. ALEXANDER NEVSKY
Creator(s): Firm of Keibel (Jeweler)
On view in: Russian Porcelain Room
About this object
Star has eight clusters of engraved silver rays. In center on a white enameled ground is the monogram of the saint (SA) topped with the imperial crown all in silver. Around this is the motto of the order on a red background of translucent enamel, separated at the bottom by an imperial crown and two laurel branches in green.
- Object name:
- STAR OF THE ORDER OF ST. ALEXANDER NEVSKY
- Made from:
- Enamel -- silver -- silver gilt
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1904-1908
- Size:
- 9.2 cm (3 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 18.8
- Class:
- ORDER
- Signature marks:
- MARK; INSCRIPTION twice: Keibel, Russian eagle for Imperial warrant, kokoshnik facing left, AR for assayer Aleksandr Romanov (1904-1908), 84, kokoshnik repeated on four points Za Trudy i otechestvo (For Labor and Fatherland)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973