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SEAL

Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer)

On view in: Icon Room


About this object

The seal is shaped like an urn. There is a pedestal foot with ribbing. The main body has acanthus leaves about the lower section, then a vertical ribbing. Around the top is an interlace design. The top has another section of leaves carved, and on the very top, there is cross hatching. On the oval bottom is carved an elaborate design.

Object name:
SEAL
Made from:
Rock crystal
Made in:
Ekaterinburg, Russia
Date made:
19th c.
Size:
4 1/4 × 3 × 2 1/2 in. (10.8 × 7.6 × 6.4 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
21.65
Class:
HARDSTONE
Signature marks:
MONOGRAM: АПС (Cyrillic APS), to left is the symbol of two entwined snakes around a staff, above is a scroll, a wreath, a helmet and a scroll, below is a sheaf of wheat, a cornucopia, a sickle and a sack spilling berries, all surrounded by an oak leaf wreath [underneath, in center on a scroll]
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973