TERCENTENARY CROSS

Creator(s): Rudolf Konstantinovich Veide (Jeweler)

Currently in storage

About this object

Small silver gilt cross decorated in champlevé enamel in white, blue and pale green. In center of blue enamel is the patriarchal cross. Above is the Monomach crown topped by a small cross. On reverse, in relief, is an inscription in a circle surrounding a cross. On left arms of the cross is the letter M for Michael Romanov, surmounted by the Monomach crown and on the right arm N II for Nicholas II, surmounted by the imperial crown. On top of the cross is griffin holding shield and a sword (personal emblem of the boyars Romanov) in a medallion. On bottom of cross are dates 1613 and 1913 in old Slavonic.

Object name:

TERCENTENARY CROSS

Made from:

Silver -- gilt -- enamel

Made in:

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Date made:

1913

Size:

6.6 × 3.8 cm (2 5/8 × 1 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

18.66

Class:

ORDER

Signature marks:

MARK on bottom arm of cross: alpha, kokoshnik facing right (1908-1917), , 88, RV in Cyrillic (for Rudolph Veide) INSCRIPTIONS In Cyrillic: Tsars rule through God / NII / 1613-1913

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973