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Hand Seal: Original Fitted Presentation Box

1904–8

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fabricated by

Hjalmar Armfelt

(Finnish, 1873–1959)

firm of Peter Carl Fabergé

(Russian, 1846–1920)

Russia, St. Petersburg

Holly wood; silk and velvet-lined; fitted for Hand Seal

Box: 2.6 x 6.7 x 3.6 cm (1 x 2 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)

The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.487.1

Location

not on view

Hjalmar Armfelt

by 1895 Armfelt was serving an apprenticeship in St. Peterburg. He returned to Finland in 1916.

Peter Carl Fabergé

Supplied most of the gifts exchanged by relatives of the imperial family in Russia, Denmark, Germany, and England for christenings, name days, birthdays, Christmas, and Easter.
Provenance
the letter A engraved on the seal is said to be in the handwriting of the last Czarina, Alexandra Feodorovna, suggesting that the seal was made for her; India E. Minshall, Cleveland, Ohio.
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