STAR OF THE ORDER OF ST. ALEXANDER NEVSKY

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