Russian Metal Artworks

Commemorable plaquette with inscription addressed to the director of the Vladikavkaz Cadet Corps Ivan Soimonov

    Commemorable plaquette with inscription addressed to the director of the Vladikavkaz Cadet Corps Ivan Soimonov

    Russian Empire, Saint-Petersburg

    1913

    I.E. Morozov Trading House

    Silver, wood; engraving, paint-and-lacquer coating

    Overall - 26.8 x 26.8 cm. Silver plate - 14.3 x 15.5 cm

    Marks: “МОРОЗОВЪ”, two-headed eagle; “И.Г.”; tee of Saint Petersburg district Assay office in 1908-1917 with silver alloy “84”

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    Rectangular silver plate with profiled frame along the edge is fixed in the centre of rectangular wooden base, decorated with fluted pilasters on both sides. The image of Vladikavkaz cadet corps against mountains backgroud is placed on the plate upper part in rectangular frame in the form of stylized fasces’ bundle intertwined with ribbons. The frame and the image are engraved. Cyrillic presentation inscription is engraved on the plate bottom part.

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    Инв.18854/ДПИ