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Elkington & Co.

19th century, after 1615–16 original · Electroformed copper, gilt · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This electrotype is after a seventeenth-century original (1615–16), in the treasury of the Kremlin, Moscow. Derived from the English monarchy Jewel House and formerly part of the "Great Guilt Cubberd of Estate'" in 1626. Brought by Fabian Smith of the Muscovy Company for the treasury of Tsar Mikhail Fyodorovich in 1629.

Artist

Elkington & Co.

Date

19th century, after 1615–16 original

Medium

Electroformed copper, gilt

Culture

British, Birmingham, after British, London original

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1883