RUSSIAN MINIATURE OF COUNT MATVEI IVANOVICH PLATOV (1756-1818) Y
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 28 September 2016 at 12:00 BST
£8,250
Description
of oval form, painted on ivory, depicted wearing the blue moiré sash of the Imperial Russian Order of St. Andrew, St. Vladimir, St. Anne (1st class), the Military Order of St. George, the Prussian Order of the Red Eagle, and the Order of St John of Jerusalem, in a yellow gold frame enclosing hair and inscribed MATHEW PLATOFF/ PRESENTED TO FRANCES LADY VERNINGHAM BY GENERAL PRINCE PLATOFF/ HETMAN OF THE COSSACKS/ JULY 1814
Dimensions
5.5cm long