Lot Essay
Alexander I, son of Emperor Paul I (see lot 134) and Maria Fyodorovna, married Elizabeth Alexievna (Louise of Baden) in 1793.
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Alexander I (1777-1825), Emperor of Russia 1801-1825, facing right in black coat with gold-embroidered red collar and red-bordered gold epaulette, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast star of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew and the badge of the Imperial Russian Order of St George
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DOMENICO BOSSI (1765-1853)
Alexander I (1777-1825), Emperor of Russia 1801-1825, facing right in black coat with gold-embroidered red collar and red-bordered gold epaulette, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast star of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew and the badge of the Imperial Russian Order of St George
rectangular, 2¾ x 1.11/16 in. (70 x 42 mm.), narrow gold mount, set in the lid of a dark composition snuff-box with gold hinge and scrolling gold thumbpiece
Alexander I (1777-1825), Emperor of Russia 1801-1825, facing right in black coat with gold-embroidered red collar and red-bordered gold epaulette, wearing the blue moiré sash and breast star of the Imperial Russian Order of St Andrew and the badge of the Imperial Russian Order of St George
rectangular, 2¾ x 1.11/16 in. (70 x 42 mm.), narrow gold mount, set in the lid of a dark composition snuff-box with gold hinge and scrolling gold thumbpiece
Provenance
According to an inscription engraved on a gold plaque at the inside of the lid of the box 'The Portrait on the top of this Box was presented to Francis Townsend Esq.r Windsor Herald & Deputy to Garter King of Arms, at Töplitz in Bohemia, An: 1813, on the occasion of investing the Emperor Alexander with the Insignia of the Garter'.
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