BOX
Creator(s): Unknown (Goldsmith) , Unknown (Miniaturist) , Stepan Semenovich Shchukin (After)
Currently in storage
About this object
Box and lid are in tortoise shell with a miniature in a silver frame. Miniature is the bust of Paul I in military uniform, wearing the badge of St. George Martyr and the star of the Order of St. Andrew First Called.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Tortoise shell -- silver -- miniature
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 1796-1801
- Size:
- 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.44.1-2
- Class:
- SHELL
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973