SEAL
Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The shape of the seal is that of a Russian weight, or pud, with a ring handle on top. The sides and the ring are highly polished but not decorated. The bottom part resembles a large ball.
- Object name:
- SEAL
- Made from:
- Smoky quartz
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- mid 19th-late 19th Century
- Size:
- 2 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (6.4 × 4.4 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.214
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- INSCRIPTION: Pokrovskii [underneath] MONOGRAM: Triangle with eye on top with radiating lines coming from it (symbol of Masons); CMH in Gothic lettering in center (Cyrillic STN) [underneath]
- Credit line:
- Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1966