PRESENTATION PLATE FROM THE YUSUPOV BYZANTINE SERVICE, ONE OF THREE
Creator(s): Alexandre Gueyton (Silversmith)
On view in: Dining Room
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:
- France __ __Paris
- Date made:
- c. 1857
- Size:
- Diam. 9 7/8 in
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2018.7
- Signature marks:
- MARK Import mark for objects coming through Saint Petersburg, last quarter of the 19th c. [On Plate] INSCRIPTION Iusupov family crest – inscribed in old-Russian Prince Nikolai Borisovich Iusupov / Princess Tatiana Aleksandrovna Iusupov [On Plate]
- Credit line:
- Museum Purchase through the Anne Curtis Odom Acquisition Fund, 2018