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POCKET ALMANAC
POCKET ALMANAC
11.167
Unknown (Jeweler)
1804
The small square almanac has front and back covers which are formed from a piece of bloodstone with beveled edges. Some plaited hair is set on the front cover under glass with a circle of gold...
NOTEBOOK (CARNET) WITH PENCIL
NOTEBOOK (CARNET) WITH PENCIL
11.30.1-2
Unknown (Goldsmith)
mid 18th Century
The carnet is made in the shape of a book. Both the front and back covers have frames in gold, composed of two reeded gold borders over which there is a vine scroll and swags of leaves and flowers...
NOTEBOOK (CARNET DE BAL) WITH MINIATURE OF EMPRESS ALEXANDRA
NOTEBOOK (CARNET DE BAL) WITH MINIATURE OF EMPRESS ALEXANDRA
11.77.1-2
Fabergé (Firm)
c. 1894
Cover is shaped like a book. Two pairs of rings are on inside of upper cover and one on the lower cover, which fit together, and through them, a gold pencil passes and holds the carnet together....
GOSPEL BOOK
GOSPEL BOOK
12.73
Unknown
1702
A printed Gospel with woodcuts of the four evangelists. The edges are gilt and decorated with floral motifs. The purple velvet binding has five silver gilt and repoussé plaques on the front,...
DIAMOND AND RUBY BRACELET
DIAMOND AND RUBY BRACELET
17.87
S. Jahn (Jeweler)
ca. 1830
The bracelet’s principal decoration is three circlets of rose-cut diamonds. The central circlet bears the number “30” set in diamonds with a ‘platinum’ setting. Flanking this are two...
FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST
FRAME WITH PHOTOGRAPH OF MARJORIE MERRIWEATHER POST
19.8
John Alfred Piver (Photographer)
ca. 1935
This gold tone metal frame contains a black and white signed photograph of Marjorie Merriweather Post taken in about 1935. She is shown facing the camera wearing the gown catalogued as 48.95. ...
ROMANOV DYNASTY 300TH ANNIVERSARY POSTER
ROMANOV DYNASTY 300TH ANNIVERSARY POSTER
2007.16
1913
This poster is one of many souvenirs that commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Romanov dynasty. The festivities began across Russia on the day the first Romanov Tsar Michael...
PALACE EMBANKMENT (DVORTSOVAIA NABEREZHNAIA)(QUAI DE LA COUR)
PALACE EMBANKMENT (DVORTSOVAIA NABEREZHNAIA)(QUAI DE LA COUR)
2007.5
Karl Beggrov (Painter)
ca. 1820
This is a view of a large sailing vessel moored in the middle of the Neva River with the Palace Embankment behind. The Admiralty tower is visible in the distance, with the Winter Palace and the...
SWISS COTTAGE NEAR BRIEG
SWISS COTTAGE NEAR BRIEG
2007.7
J.B. Allen (Lithographer)
1829
In the mid-nineteenth century, the Imperial Porcelain Factory used seemingly ordinary travel books as sources for paintings on dessert plates. Since the factory was extremely prolific during the...
25 ROUBLE NOTE
25 ROUBLE NOTE
2008.4
1909
500 ROUBLE NOTE
500 ROUBLE NOTE
2008.5
1912
RUSSIAN BRIDESMAID DRESS
RUSSIAN BRIDESMAID DRESS
2012.11.1
Isabelle de Borchgrave (Artist)
2010
Costume inspired by the figure of an elegant peasant woman seated in the background of Makovsky's "Russian Bride's Attire"(Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco). Artist has...