PRESENTATION PLATE FROM THE YUSUPOV BYZANTINE SERVICE, ONE OF THREE

Creator(s): Alexandre Gueyton (Silversmith)

On view in: Russian Porcelain Room

About this object

The round silver presentation plate from the Iusupov service is engraved (center) with rampant lion below a princely crown (Iusupov family crest) surrounded by an old-Russian inscription. The border is cast and chased with pairs of falcons, peacocks and leopards in heraldic position set within interlaced ornament.

Object name:

PRESENTATION PLATE FROM THE YUSUPOV BYZANTINE SERVICE, ONE OF THREE

Made from:

Silver

Made in:

Paris, France

Date made:

ca. 1857

Size:

5/8 × 9 3/4 in. (1.6 × 24.8 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

2008.10

Signature marks:

HALLMARKS: Minerva [French silver guaranty mark] Import mark for objects coming through Saint Petersburg, last quarter of the 19th c. [91 (two anchors crossing a scepter) ПТ] Maker's mark of Alexandre Gueyton [On plate] INSCRIPTION: Iusupov family crest – inscribed in old-Russian “Prince Nikolai Borisovich Iusupov / Princess Tatiana Aleksandrovna Iusupov” [on the plate]

Credit line:

Museum Purchase, 2008