HORSE TOOTH, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler)
Currently in storage
About this object
Tooth of the horse Smikey mounted in gold horseshoe and set with tiny diamonds. Smikey was the first of the Lazarev horses to win the English Derby 1899. Name of horse is engraved in the tooth and the date 1899 is set in gold.
- Object name:
- HORSE TOOTH, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Gold -- tooth -- diamonds
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 1899
- Size:
- 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.51.1
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- mark ring: 56 Ia L (Iakov Liapunov, essayer in St. Petersburg in 1899-1903) INSCRIPTION 1III 1899 / SMIKEY [name of the horse in Cyrillic]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973