Lot number 254 - Auction 161
GUILLOCHÉ-EMAIL-JETON ZUM ABSCHLUSS AM KAISERLICHEN ALEXANDER-LYZEUMS AUS DEM FAMILIENBESITZ DER GRAFEN ZUBOV

A GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL GRADUATION JETON OF THE IMPERIAL ALEXANDER LYCEUM FROM THE FAMILY COLLECTION OF THE COUNTS ZUBOV Russian, St. Petersburg, 1898 Gold, red translucent enamel over a guilloché sunburst ground, inscriptions in champlevé enamel. Circular, the front applied with the gold cypher of Emperor Alexander I, founder of the Lyceum, above the date '1811' in gold. The reverse with the Lyceum's initials and motto in green champlevé enamel and engraved with the date, course number and the name of the recipient in Cyrillic. The inscriptions identify Count Alexander Platonovich Zubov (1877-1942) as the recipient in 1898. Marked with city mark and 56 standard. 2.2 cm diam., 11 g.