Jeton, gold and guilloché enamel Imperial Alexander Lyceum, St. Petersburg, 1898
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1898
A GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL GRADUATION JETON OF THE IMPERIAL ALEXANDER LYCEUM FROM THE FAMILY COLLECTION OF THE COUNTS ZUBOV Russian, St. Petersburg, 1898 Gold, red translucent enamel over a guilloché sunburst ground, inscriptions in champlevé enamel. Circular, the front applied with the gold cypher of Emperor Alexander I, founder of the Lyceum, above the date '1811' in gold.
The reverse with the Lyceum's initials and motto in green champlevé enamel and engraved with the date, course number and the name of the recipient in Cyrillic. The inscriptions identify Count Alexander Platonovich Zubov (1877-1942) as the recipient in 1898. Marked with city mark and 56 standard. 2.2 cm diam., 11 g. GUILLOCHÉ-EMAIL-JETON ZUM ABSCHLUSS AM KAISERLICHEN ALEXANDER-LYZEUMS AUS DEM FAMILIENBESITZ DER GRAFEN ZUBOV Russland, St. Petersburg, 1898 Gold, rotes Transluzidemail über guillochiertem Fond, Inschriften in Champlevé-Email. D. 2,2 cm, 11 g. Punziert mit Stadtmarke und Feingehalt '56'.
Schauseitig auf rotem Transluzidemail das applizierte goldene Monogramm Kaiser Alexanders I., des Gründers des Lyzeums, sowie die Jahreszahl '1811' in Gold. Rückseitig die Initialen und der Wahlspruch des Lyzeums in grünem Champlevé-Email sowie gravierte Datierung, Kursangabe und kyrillischer Name des Empfängers. Die Inschriften weisen Graf Alexander Platonowitsch Zubov (1877-1942) als Empfänger im Jahr 1898 aus.
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- Gold, red translucent enamel
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 2.2 cm; 11 g; D. 2,2 cm
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable; the text keeps only the listing's object facts (condition, price and sale wording removed). Attribution and measurements describe the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Candidate id
- inv-206693962
- Auction house
- Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf
- Listing object ID
- 206693962
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