PRESENTATION PLATE FROM THE YUSUPOV BYZANTINE SERVICE, ONE OF THREE
Creator(s): Alexandre Gueyton (Silversmith)
Currently in storage
About this object
The round silver presentation plate from the Yusupov service is engraved (center) with rampant lion below a princely crown (Yusupov family crest) surrounded by an old-Russian inscription. The border is cast and chased with pairs of falcons, peacocks and leopoards 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:
- c. 1857
- Size:
- 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2017.9
- Signature marks:
- MARK: Minerva's head facing right (x2) MARK: Import mark for objects coming through Saint Petersburg, last quarter of the 19th c. MARK: Maker's mark of Alexandre Gueyton INSCRIPTION: Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov / Princess Tatiana Alekandrovna Yusupov [Yusupov family crest inscribed in old-Russian, on the plate]
- Credit line:
- Museum Purchase through the Anne Curtis Odom Acquisition Fund, 2017