LETTER OPENER
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The letter opener is rounded at one end and pointed at the other end. It is smooth on the exterior. The quartz is clear in color with hair-like rutiles in gold in the interior. Possibly from the Imperial Lapidary works at Ekaterinburg.
- Object name:
- LETTER OPENER
- Made from:
- Rutilated quartz
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 9.1 cm (3 9/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.9
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973