Privately-comissioned Orders of Saint Vladimir made by Dmitriy Osipov workshop /ДО/

Breast stars of Saint Vladimir order made by Dmitriy Osipov workshop /ДО or Д.О or Д·O/ https://asiamedals.info/threads/ord...tars-made-by-dmitry-osipov-do-workshop.26253/

1st/2nd class with swords.

Gold, enamel.
Size (including the loop) 54 mm.
Weight 28.3 g.

Marked with DO /ДО/ for Dmitri Osipov workshop and St.Petersburg assay office mark for 56th gold from 1899-1908 time period.

Central medallions.

Marks.

 

1st/2nd class cross.

Gold, enamel.
Size 48 mm.

Marked with DO /ДО/ for Dmitri Osipov workshop and St.Petersburg assay office mark for 56th gold.

Collection of Moscow Kremlin Museums.

Central medallions.

Same cross under different light.

 

1st/2nd class.

Gold, enamel.
Size 54 x 49 mm.

 

4th class cross with swords.

Gold, enamel.
Size 37 mm.

Marked with DO /ДО/ for Dmitri Osipov workshop and only partly readable St.Petersburg assay office mark for 56th gold.

Marks.

 

2nd/3rd class cross.

Gold, enamel.
Size 52.7 x 47.9 mm.
Weight 19.3 g.

Marked with DO /ДО/ for Dmitri Osipov workshop and St.Petersburg assay office mark for 56th gold from 1908+ time period.

Central medallions.

Marks.

 

4th class cross with swords.

Gold, enamel.
Size 43 x 37 mm.
Weight 11.2 g.

Marked with DO /ДО/ for Dmitri Osipov workshop and St.Petersburg assay office mark for 56th gold of "shovel" form from 1908+ time period.

Note very unusual (for Osipov-made cross) work of obverse central medallion. Almost certainly central medallion is a modern replacement.

 

Another 4th class cross with swords.

Marked with DO /ДО/ for Dmitri Osipov workshop and St. Petersburg assay office mark for 56th gold from 1908+ time period.

 

2nd/3rd class cross with swords.

Gold, enamel.
Size 48 mm.
Marked with DO /ДО/ for Dmitri Osipov workshop and St.Petersburg assay office mark for 56th gold from 1908+ time period.

Note different form of the swords and reverse medallion.

Collection of Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens.

Same cross in old catalogue photo.

 

1st/2nd class cross from 1882-1898 time period.

Gold, enamel.
Size 53.2 x 49 mm.
Weight 19.6 g.

Marked with partly visible maker's mark DO /ДО/ for Dmitri Osipov workshop and St.Petersburg assay office mark for 56th gold "St. Petersburg coat of arms + 56".

Marks.

 

4th class Order of Saint Vladimir with swords from pre-1899 time period.

Gold, enamel.
Marked with maker's mark DO /ДО/ for Dmitri Osipov workshop and St.Petersburg assay office mark for 56th gold "St. Petersburg coat of arms + 56".

Marks.

 

4th class cross.

Gold, enamel.
Size 37.1 mm.
Weight 10 g.

Marks unreadable.

Central medallions.

Marks.

 

4th class cross of flat "black" enamel from 1882-1898 time period.

Gold, enamel.
Size 38 mm.

Marked with partly visible maker's mark DO /ДО/ for Dmitri Osipov workshop and St.Petersburg assay office mark for 56th gold "St. Petersburg coat of arms + 56".

Marks.

 

1st/2nd class cross from 1899-1904 time period with interesting variation of reverse medallion.

Gold, enamel.
Size 53.5 x 48 mm.
Weight 17.7 g.

Marked with St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark "56" with a female head in a kokoshnik turned to the left with the initials of the assay inspector of the St. Petersburg assay office "ЯЛ/YL" (Яков Ляпунов/Yakov Lyapunov) and maker's mark DO /ДО/ for Dmitri Osipov workshop.

Marks.

 

4th class cross.

Gold, enamel.
Size 41 x 37 mm
Weight 12.7 g.

Marks unreadable.

Marks.

 

4th class cross from 1904-1908 time period.

Gold, enamel.

Marked with St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark [56, kokoshnik facing left, AR /AР/ for the Alexander Romanov /Александр Васильевич Романов/ assay district manager] and maker's mark DO /ДО/ for Dmitri Osipov workshop.

 

1st/2nd class cross from 1882-1898 time period.

Gold, enamel.
Size 50 mm.
Weight 22 g.

Marked with unreadable maker's mark and St.Petersburg assay office mark for 56th gold "56 + St. Petersburg coat of arms".

Same cross under a different light.

 

1st/2nd class cross from 1908+ time period.

Gold, enamel.
Size 54 х 51 mm.
Weight 23.59 g.

Marked with St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmark [alpha, a female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 56] and maker's mark DO /ДО/.

Marks.

 

1st/2nd class cross from 1908+ time period.

Gold, enamel.
Size 48 mm.

Marked with maker's mark "ДО" and partly readable St. Petersburg assay office mark for 56th gold "alpha, a female head in a kokoshnik to the right, 56".

Marks.

 

1st/2nd class cross.

Gold, enamel.
Size 53 x 48 mm.

Marked with St. Petersburg assay office gold hallmarkand maker's mark DO /ДО/ for Dmitri Osipov workshop.

 

4th class cross from 1908+ time period.

Gold, enamel.
Size 41 х 36 mm.

Marked with DO /ДО/ for Dmitri Osipov workshop and St. Petersburg assay office mark for 56th gold from 1908+ time period.