THREE CAMEO PORTRAITS
Creator(s): Tommaso Saulini (Workshop) , Luigi Saulini (Workshop) , Unknown (Jeweler)
About this object
The shell cameo portraits represent three members of a family formerly identified as Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna (1819-1876), daughter of Nicholas I, her husband Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817-1852) and their eldest son, Nicholas (1843-1891). They are now believed to be members of the Karloff family. They are all bust sized, facing to the left. The frames surrounding the cameos are all slightly different. The unidentified parents’ cameos are surrounded with gold scrolls enameled in blue and white, while the scrolls around the young boy's miniature are enameled in turquoise and set with three rubies.
- Object name:
- THREE CAMEO PORTRAITS
- Made from:
- Shell -- gold -- enamel
- Made in:
- Rome, Italy
- Date made:
- mid 19th-19th Century
- Size:
- 13 x 12.3 cm (5 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.46
- Class:
- SHELL
- Signature marks:
- Signature All thre cameos signed "Saulini F". MARK St. George and the Dragon left (Moscow, before 1899); 56; LO in Cyrillic (for Lev Oleks, Moscow essayer in 1890-1899), illegible mark [On back of frame]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973