CAMEO PORTRAITS OF THE LEUCHTENBERGS
Creator(s): Tommaso Saulini (Maker) , Unknown (Jeweler)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The shell cameos represent Maria Nikolaevna (1819-1876), daughter of Nicholas I, her husband Maximilian, Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817-1852) and their eldest son, Nicholas (1843-1891). They are all bust sized, facing to the left. The frames surrounding the cameos are all slightly different. Maria's and Maximilian's cameos are surrounded with gold scrolls enameled in blue and white, while the scrolls around young Nicholas' miniature are enameled in turquoise and set with three rubies.
- Object name:
- CAMEO PORTRAITS OF THE LEUCHTENBERGS
- Made from:
- Shell -- gold -- enamel
- Made in:
- Moscow, Russia
- Date made:
- 1843-1899
- Size:
- 13 x 12.3 cm (5 1/8 x 4 7/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 36.46
- Class:
- SHELL
- Signature marks:
- Signature All thre cameos signed "Saulini F". MARK St. George and the Dragon left (Moscow, before 1899); 56; LO in Cyrillic (for Lev Oleks, Moscow essayer in 1890-1899), illegible mark [On back of frame]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973