Russian grandeur from the other side of 1917. Mostly from the turn of the last century but one a good bit back. Not as much fun as a present from the tsar but still. Collection of the Walters Museum, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Kvosh with imperial eagle. Underside of handle inscribed May 6, 1911 but probably made between 1899 and 1903.
Kvosh with imperial eagle. Underside of handle inscribed May 6, 1911 but probably made between 1899 and 1903. Carved nephrite, a type of jade, silver, gold and various gemstones. Maker not known. Collection of the Walters Museum, Baltimore. Cc0 License 0. via https://art.thewalters.org/detail/14699/kovsh-with-imperial-eagle/
Mouse. 1908-1914.
Mouse. 1908-1914. Hardstone. Smoky quartz, diamond, gold and ruby. Fabergé, maker. Collection of the Walters Museum, Baltimore. Cc0 License 0. via https://art.thewalters.org/detail/76634
Kovsh. 1899-1903.
Kovsh. 1899-1903. Silver gilt with opaque filigree enamel with the monogram of Tsar Peter I on the handle. Grachev Brothers, maker. Collection of the Walters Museum, Baltimore. Cc0 License 0. via https://art.thewalters.org/detail/82450/kovsh-12/
Potpourri vase with classical figures. 1768.
Pot-pourri vase with classical figures, believed to have been given by Catherine the Great to her lover, Count Grigorii Grigorevich Orlov. 1768. Multi colored gold and enamel. Jean Pierre Ador, goldsmith. Ivan Frolov, assayer. Collection of the Walters Museum, Baltimore. Cc0 License 0. via https://art.thewalters.org/search/?q=Saint+Petersburg+Russia
Presentation plate with crown and cross of Saint Andrew. 1885-1889.
Presentation plate with crown and cross of Saint Andrew. 1885-1889. Silver gilt with filigree and painted enamel. Grigori Arsenev Andreev, artist (active 1885-1898). Collection of the Walters Museum. Cc0 License 0. via https://art.thewalters.org/detail/82512/presentation-plate-with-crown-and-cross-of-saint-andrew/

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On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.

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