SEAL

Currently in storage

About this object

The seal is carved from sardonyx, a chalcedony (microcrystalline quartz) of brown and white. This sample includes deep orange-brown (sard) with streaks of creamy white (onyx), light orange, and a pale, milky blue-white. It is shaped like a tall urn set on a smooth pedestal foot. The sides are facetted and taper out toward the top. There is channeling near the top. The round base is cut.

Object name:: SEAL
Made from:: Sardonyx
Made in:: Ekaterinburg, Russia
Date made:: 19th c.
Size:: 3 1/4 × 1 1/2 × 1 5/16 in. (8.3 × 3.8 × 3.3 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:: 21.44
Class:: HARDSTONE
Signature marks:: COAT OF ARMS: (unidentified coat of arms -- griffin) / Quaerendo [Carved on the underside of the base -- The Latin motto appears below the coat of arms]
Credit line:: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973