STAR OF THE ORDER OF SAINT CATHERINE
Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
In center on translucent reddish enamel background is a crown in diamonds. About this is the motto of the order in diamonds on the same enameled background, while above is the imperial crown in gold and diamonds. Rays of the star are set with diamonds. The star was made by the same jeweler as 18.2.
- Object name:
- STAR OF THE ORDER OF SAINT CATHERINE
- Made from:
- Gold -- enamel -- diamonds
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 10 cm (3 15/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 18.4
- Class:
- ORDER
- Signature marks:
- MARK Illegible mark [On back of arm] INSCRIPTION Za Liubov i otechestvo in Cyrillic (For Love and Fatherland) [On front]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973