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BOX WITH MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF NICHOLAS I

Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler) , Ivan Winberg (Miniaturist) , Franz Krüger (After)

Currently in storage


About this object

Rectangular box in black lacquer and lined with tortoiseshell. Cover has a fine oval miniature of Nicholas I, bust size, facing to the right and dressed in a general officer's uniform with epaulettes and with the blue ribbon of the imperial order of St. Andrew First Called, also two stars and several badges. Miniature has a gold frame and on either side of it is beautifully engraved scrollwork in gold of leaves, pinecones.

Object name:
BOX WITH MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF NICHOLAS I
Made from:
Papier-mâché -- tortoiseshell -- gold -- miniature
Made in:
Russia
Date made:
mid 19th Century
Size:
9.1 x 6.7 cm (3 9/16 x 2 5/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
35.37
Class:
LACQUER
Signature marks:
SIGNATURE Winberg [At right]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973