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BY HAHN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1896, NUMBER 53
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A JEWELLED SILVER AND GOLD MAID OF HONOUR CYPHER
BY HAHN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1896, NUMBER 53
In the form of the Cyrillic initials 'MA' for Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, set with rose-cut diamonds mounted on silver-topped gold, surmounted by a hinged rose-cut diamond-set crown, with the original blue moiré silk ribbon, apparently unmarked, numbered 53
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
BY HAHN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1896, NUMBER 53
In the form of the Cyrillic initials 'MA' for Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, set with rose-cut diamonds mounted on silver-topped gold, surmounted by a hinged rose-cut diamond-set crown, with the original blue moiré silk ribbon, apparently unmarked, numbered 53
3 in. (7.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Presented to Anna Vladimirovna Osten-Sacken Cobourg in May of 1896.
Brought to you by
Aleksandra Babenko