SEAL
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The seal is ovoid in cross section. The upper part is ribbed and cut at an angle. The very top is a flat oval. The body is cut with wide ribs that extend into the foot. The foot is a pedestal foot and the b is cut.
- Object name:
- SEAL
- Made from:
- Smoky quartz
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- Late 19th c.
- Size:
- 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.217
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- MONOGRAM underneath: a bird with outspread wings is holding an open book with words on it in its claws, to the left is initial backwards R (Cyrillic ya), above is U (Cyrillic ts), and to the right is O (Cyrillic O)
- Credit line:
- Gift of Madame Augusto Rosso, 1968