PRESENTATION PLATE FROM THE YUSUPOV BYZANTINE SERVICE, ONE OF THREE
Creator(s): Alexandre Gueyton (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The round silver presentation plate from the Iusupov service is engraved (center) with rampant lion below a princely crown (Iusupov family crest) surrounded by an old-Russian inscription. The border is cast and chased with pairs of falcons, peacocks and leopards in heraldic position set within interlaced ornament.
- Object name:
- PRESENTATION PLATE FROM THE YUSUPOV BYZANTINE SERVICE, ONE OF THREE
- Made from:
- Silver
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- c. 1857
- Size:
- 5/8 × 9 3/4 in. (1.6 × 24.8 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2008.10
- Signature marks:
- HALLMARKS Minerva [French silver guaranty mark] Import mark for objects coming through Saint Petersburg, last quarter of the 19th c. [91 (two anchors crossing a scepter) ПТ] Maker's mark of Alexandre Gueyton [On plate] INSCRIPTION Iusupov family crest – inscribed in old-Russian “Prince Nikolai Borisovich Iusupov / Princess Tatiana Aleksandrovna Iusupov” [on the plate]
- Credit line:
- Museum Purchase, 2008