"Ratification of friendship …" Ambassadorial gifts to Russian Tsars
Hall 3
Dish from a hand-washing set. Was presented by King Charles II of England to Tsar Alexey Mihajlovich in 1664. France, Paris, 1625. Maker Antoinette Marqueron.
Jug from a hand-washing set. Was presented by King Charles II of England to Tsar Alexey Mihajlovich in 1664. France, Paris, 1625. Maker Rene Cousturier (master in Paris in 1613)
Goblet. Was presented by King Jacob I of England to Tsar Michael Fyodorovich in 1620. London, 1613-1614. Maker-monogrammist TC.
Standing salt. Gift from King Jacob I of England to Tsar Michael Fyodorovich in 1615. (?) London, 1611-1612. Maker-monogrammist "RB"
Perfuming pot. Was presented by King Charles II of England to Tsar Alexis Mikhailovich in 1664. London, 1663. Maker-monogrammist "IN"
Tankard. Was presented by King Charles I of England to Tsar Michael Fyodorovich in 1636. Afterwards belonged to Patriarch Joseph. London, 1613-1614. Maker-monogrammist WR.
Chest band from a harness" set. Was presented by the duke of Schleswig-Holstein Friederich to Tsar Michael Fyodorovich in 1633. Prague, the beginning of the XVIIth century. Maker Johann Michael.
Flagon. Was presented by King Charles II of England to Tsar Alexis Mikhailovich in 1664. London, c. 1663. Maker Robert Smythier.
Head-stall from a harness" set. Prague, the beginning of the XVIIth century. Maker Johann Michael.