E-754, Jan. 27, 1938

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] Article No. E-754 Charming miniature frame containing a photograph of the Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna. Dome-shaped, it is made of lettuce jade, delicately decorated with chased green and red gold mountings. Above the oval aperture, rimmed in laurel leaf design, is a swag motif tied with a ribbon; below are two dainty rosettes. This frame was made by the celebrated court jeweler to Nicholai II, Carl Faberge, and the gold-on-silver easel back is marked with the initials of his workmaster [sic] “IB”; the number “88” denoting the quality of Russian silver; and the wreathed head of the government assay office. It is also engraved with the original order number of the jeweler, “0170”. From the apartments of Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna, in the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo.

Mrs. J. L. Pratt January 27, 1938

FROM THE HAMMER COLLECTION – 682 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK