BOX WITH MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF NICHOLAS I
Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler) , Ivan Winberg (Miniaturist) , Franz Krüger (After)
Currently in storage
About this object
Rectangular box in black lacquer and lined with tortoiseshell. Cover has a fine oval miniature of Nicholas I, bust size, facing to the right and dressed in a general officer's uniform with epaulettes and with the blue ribbon of the imperial order of St. Andrew First Called, also two stars and several badges. Miniature has a gold frame and on either side of it is beautifully engraved scrollwork in gold of leaves, pinecones.
- Object name:
- BOX WITH MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF NICHOLAS I
- Made from:
- Papier-mâché -- tortoiseshell -- gold -- miniature
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- mid 19th Century
- Size:
- 9.1 x 6.7 cm (3 9/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 35.37
- Class:
- LACQUER
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE Winberg [At right]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973