STAR OF ORDER OF SAINT ALEXANDER NEVSKY
Creator(s): Pavel Voronov ((Possibly))
Currently in storage
About this object
Eight pointed gold star studded in paste diamonds, the central medallion is white enamel with an elaborate cipher S.A. surrounded by a circlet of brilliants and then a dark red enameled band with a motto in white gold and possible diamonds. Central medallion with motto is surrounded by an imperial crown in paste jewels topped with a gold cross pattée.
- Object name:
- STAR OF ORDER OF SAINT ALEXANDER NEVSKY
- Made from:
- silver -- paste diamonds --silver gilt
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1899-1908
- Size:
- 8.7 cm (3 7/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 18.9
- Class:
- ORDER
- Signature marks:
- MARK; INSCRIPTION on back: 84, kokoshnik facing left, AR in Cyrillic for Aleksandr Romanov (1904-1908), maker's mark PV in Cyrillic, possibly for Pavel Voronov ; For Labor and Fatherland
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973