GRANT OF TITLE OF NOBILITY

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

Cover in green velvet with a cut rinceau for the border. Inside vellum pages are written in a chancery hand and each page is decorated in watercolor and gold. On the title page is the black double headed eagle and all four sides of the page are the coats of arms of the various Russian provinces. On page three recto is the coat of arms granted by Nicholas I to a Greek/Italian? named Geronimo Corsini.

Object name:: GRANT OF TITLE OF NOBILITY
Made from:: Paper -- leather -- parchment -- silver
Made in:: Saint Petersburg, Russia
Date made:: 1825-1855
Size:: 47.6 x 33.7 cm (18 3/4 x 13 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:: 57.2
Class:: MANUSCRIPT
Signature marks:: MARK; COAT OF ARMS crossed anchors and scepter for St. Petersburg; ? for the tester and the date; 84 for silver quality; EC for silversmith; Corsini crest
Credit line:: Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973