A JEWELED TWO-COLOR GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BROOCH
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A JEWELED TWO-COLOR GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BROOCH

APPARENTLY UNMARKED, RUSSIA, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II (1855-1881)

Closed20 May 2015

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A JEWELED TWO-COLOR GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BROOCH
APPARENTLY UNMARKED, RUSSIA, PERIOD OF ALEXANDER II (1855-1881)
Converted from a ring, of diamond form, the central dark blue guilloché enamel plaque with the cypher of Emperor Alexander II beneath an Imperial crown, within a border of old-cut diamonds, unmarked
1 in. (2.5 cm.) high

Acquired by Frederic Collin Walcott (1869-1949), Soviet Union, early 1920s.
By descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Frederic Collin Walcott served as an assistant to President Herbert Hoover in the American Relief Administration (formerly the U.S. Food Administration) during the First World War. Created in 1917, the organization played a significant role in support of the reconstruction of Europe following the war and was a major source of food relief during the Russian Civil War (1917-1922). In 1921, Walcott traveled to the Soviet Union in his work with the American Relief Administration. He later served in the U.S. Senate from 1929 to 1935.