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SEAL

Creator(s): Unknown

On view in: Marjorie Post's Bedroom


About this object

The main portion of the seal is a silver statuette of a cupid walking and holding a piece of drapery in his raised right hand that twists around his body. Cupid stands on a six sided silver gilt pedestal in several stages. Set in the bottom of the pedestal is a piece of bloodstone cut as a seal with a helmeted head, seen in profile, facing to the right.

Object name:
SEAL
Made from:
Silver -- bloodstone
Made in:
France
Date made:
19th c.
Size:
6 cm (2 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
12.198
Class:
SILVER
Signature marks:
COAT OF ARMS: Knight's helmet, facing left MARK: lozenge shaped mark [on pedestal]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973