SEAL
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The seal is urn shaped. It is facetted all over. The body is cylindrical with the top being three tiers that diminish in scale to converge at the top which is a small plain oval. There is a short pedestal foot that connects to the oval base. It is cut underneath.
- Object name:
- SEAL
- Made from:
- Smoky quartz
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- ca. 1900
- Size:
- 4.4 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.244
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- MONOGRAM underneath: five pointed coronet over D G (Gothic lettering)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973