IVORY SEAL
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
The ivory handle is carved with three dogs attacking a lion. They are intertwined with a serpant in the 18th century German taste. The crystal seal is carved with a monogram and set in engraved silver. The silver is decorated with scrolls. It is eight sided at the bottom.
- Object name:
- IVORY SEAL
- Made from:
- Ivory -- steel -- crystal -- silver
- Made in:
- GERMANY
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.12
- Class:
- IVORY
- Signature marks:
- MONOGRAM on seal: five pointed crown over A v C (Gothic lettering)
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973