SEAL
Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The seal is carved from a piece of red and green riband jasper (this variety of jasper is commonly called Siberian jasper.) It resembles a rectangular column ending in a pyramidal form. Below the pointed end is a square collar. The base is cylinder shaped. The base has been cut and the entire piece has been polished.
- Object name:
- SEAL
- Made from:
- Jasper
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- late 19th Century
- Size:
- 3 × 1 × 1 in. (7.6 × 2.5 × 2.5 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 21.47
- Class:
- HARDSTONE
- Signature marks:
- NAME: Nikolai Aleksandrovich "Sokolov" [Inscribed on base, underside] In Cyrillic caps, the first name and patronymic being arched around the rim and separated by a star or asterisk. The surname, in contrasting style of type, is inscribed across the width of the base.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973