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BOX

Creator(s): Unknown (Goldsmith) , Unknown (Miniaturist) , Stepan Semenovich Shchukin (After)

Currently in storage


About this object

Box and lid are in tortoise shell with a miniature in a silver frame. Miniature is the bust of Paul I in military uniform, wearing the badge of St. George Martyr and the star of the Order of St. Andrew First Called.

Object name:
BOX
Made from:
Tortoise shell -- silver -- miniature
Made in:
Russia
Date made:
1796-1801
Size:
6 cm (2 3/8 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
36.44.1-2
Class:
SHELL
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973