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DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE PENDANT

DOUBLE-HEADED EAGLE PENDANT

Cat. no.: 11.28

Artist: Unknown

Date: 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...

SNUFFBOX WITH MINIATURE OF EMPRESS ELIZABETH I

SNUFFBOX WITH MINIATURE OF EMPRESS ELIZABETH I

Cat. no.: 11.29

Artist: Etienne-Lucien Blerzy (Jeweler)

Date: mid 18th-early 19th Century

A rectangular hinged box. On the cover is a rectangular miniature of Empress Elizabeth I (Elizaveta Petrovna) of Russia seated at half length. She is wearing a blue sash probably of the order of...

HEART-SHAPED BOX WITH DUTCH SCENES

HEART-SHAPED BOX WITH DUTCH SCENES

Cat. no.: 11.3

Artist: François-Guillaume Tiron (Goldsmith)

Date: 1756-1762

This heart shaped box—one of two at Hillwood—displays tavern scenes in painted enamel in four sections. The rest of the surface is covered with chased gold rococo scrolls interspersed with...

NOTEBOOK (CARNET) WITH PENCIL

NOTEBOOK (CARNET) WITH PENCIL

Cat. no.: 11.30.1-2

Artist: Unknown (Goldsmith)

Date: 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

Cat. no.: 11.31.1-2

Artist: Unknown (Goldsmith)

Date: 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

Cat. no.: 11.32.1-2

Artist: Unknown (Jeweler)

Date: 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

Cat. no.: 11.33

Artist: Georg Kuntzendorf (Attributed to)

Date: 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...

CUP

CUP

Cat. no.: 11.34

Artist: Jean Pierre Ador (Goldsmith)

Date: 1774

Cup is in open work and once probably had a glass or porcelain liner. Open work is an adaptation of the Louis XVI style with motifs such as loops, leaves, and swags.

BOX

BOX

Cat. no.: 11.35.1-2

Artist: Unknown

Date: 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

Cat. no.: 11.36

Artist: Unknown (Jeweler)

Date: 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

Cat. no.: 11.37

Artist: Unknown

Date: 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

Cat. no.: 11.38

Artist: Unknown (Goldsmith)

Date: 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...

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