SEAL

Creator(s): Imperial Peterhof Lapidary Factory (Attributed to)

On view in: Icon Room

About this object

The seal is shaped like a slightly flattened urn with a pedestal foot. The sides are channeled, with the channeling curving slightly to the right. The cover is carved with acanthus leaves on the top dome. Below this is a band of scallops. The foot is also ribbed. The oval base is cut.

Object name:

SEAL

Made from:

Rock crystal

Made in:

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Date made:

mid 19th-19th Century

Size:

8.4 cm (3 5/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

21.85

Class:

HARDSTONE

Signature marks:

MONOGRAM in center on shield: AT upside down V (Cyrillic AGL), to each side are flags, on top are swords on either side of a helmet with three feathers on top, underneath are two cannons and a pile of cannon balls The monogram is not clear

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973