SEAL
Creator(s): Unknown
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The seal is octagonal in shape with a faseted sides on a pedestal foot.The top is flat. The top and bottom are cut.
- Object name:
- SEAL
- Made from:
- Smoky quartz
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 5.1 cm (2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.90
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- COAT OF ARMS; MONOGRAM on top: shield with monogram GNYa (GMYa?) in Cyrillic topped with feathered helmet and a crown is flanked by industrial tools in a bucket on the left and a kiln on the right. Along the perimeter of the seal is an inscription: Moskovskogo 1yi gil: kuptsa, i zavodo: soderzhatelya pechat' domovoi kin in Cyrillic (Domestic seal of Moscow merchant and owner of the factory); bottom: G Ya in Cyrillic
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973