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BOX WITH CIPHER OF CATHERINE II

Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler)

Currently in storage


About this object

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. The borders are delicately engraved. Box is new, possibly with older medallion.

Object name:
BOX WITH CIPHER OF CATHERINE II
Made from:
Gold -- diamonds -- enamel
Made in:
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:
19th Century
Size:
2.9 × 7.9 cm (1 1/8 × 3 1/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
11.32.1-2
Class:
GOLD
Signature marks:
MARK Punch mark with owl top and bottom (French import mark for 1893 and after)
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973