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VINAIGRETTE
VINAIGRETTE
11.246
Unknown
ca. 1810
The top and bottom of the vinaigrette are each made of an oval piece of smoky quartz. Each is faceted around the beveled edge. The rim and hinge are made in gold with the upper rim engraved and...
EGG
EGG
11.26.1
Unknown (Jeweler)
c. 1884
The egg is made in gold openwork with elaborate scrolls, which are engraved, and have details picked out in royal blue enamel. The blue and gold is emphasized by a red silk lining seen through the...
PERFUME BOTTLE
PERFUME BOTTLE
11.26.2-3
Unknown
unknown
The egg is made in gold openwork with elaborate scrolls which are engraved and have details picked out in royal blue enamel. The blue and gold is emphasized by a red silk lining seen through the...
DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE PENDANT
DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE PENDANT
11.28
Unknown
17th c.-18th c.
The design is a double headed eagle with a crown in an openwork design. It is very stylized and is openwork set with flat emeralds, only the central one of any size. The eyes and the tip of the...
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...
PRESENTATION BOX
PRESENTATION BOX
11.31.1-2
Unknown (Goldsmith)
late 19th-early 20th Century
The round box has a detachable cover and is therefore identified as a bonbonnière. The cover is set with a bust-length profile portrait in enamel of Catherine II facing left. The composition...
BOX WITH CIPHER OF CATHERINE II
BOX WITH CIPHER OF CATHERINE II
11.32.1-2
Unknown (Jeweler)
19th Century
The gold box is circular. On the lid in turquoise blue enamel surrounded by rose-cut diamonds in an oval medallion with the cipher of Catherine II in rose diamonds. Above it is the imperial crown....
SNUFFBOX WITH A PORTRAIT OF FIELD MARSHAL ZAKHAR CHERNYSHEV
SNUFFBOX WITH A PORTRAIT OF FIELD MARSHAL ZAKHAR CHERNYSHEV
11.33
Georg Kuntzendorf (Attributed to)
1773
Most of the surface of the hinged oval snuffbox is decorated with dark blue transparent enamel over a guilloché ground and covered with small, six-pointed stars in white opaque enamel. Around...
BOX
BOX
11.35.1-2
Unknown
19th c.
Box is decorated with very fine turning and borders of vine scrolls engraved in gold. In center of lid is an enamelled link from a chain of St. Andrew with two P's. Above cipher is the imperial...
PRESENTATION BOX WITH CIPHER OF PAUL I
PRESENTATION BOX WITH CIPHER OF PAUL I
11.36
Unknown (Jeweler)
Late 18th c.
This rectangular, hinged box is made primarily of yellow gold, with accents of red gold. The lid features an oval medallion in dark blue translucent enamel with the cipher of Paul I, who ruled...
CROSS
CROSS
11.37
Unknown
19th c.
The arms of the cross are set with beautiful Siberian amethysts and surrounded by a row of pearls. Between each amethyst are two diamonds. At top is a simulated imperial crown also in amethysts,...
CHALICE
CHALICE
11.38
Unknown (Goldsmith)
1824
An overall repoussé and chased foliate scroll design on a stippled ground decorates the cup of this chalice. A row of diamonds betwen two rows of rubies separates this ornament from the plain...