Other Preserved Items of Interest

Several items of interest have been preserved and passed down thru several generations.

 

Letter Opener

This letter opener belonged originally to Ivan Mouravieff-Apostol and was passed to Matvei and eventually to Vladimir Mouravieff-Apostol-Korobyine. Nadezhda, his wife, gave it to Alexis, her son, who gave it to Nicholas, his nephew, in 1972. It is ivory with silver initials, M A, applied at one end. It is 1″ wide and 10″ long weighing 45 grams.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Personal Seal

 

 This Personal Seal belonged to Vladimir Mouravieff-Apostol-Korobyine and was probably used by him to stamp commercial documents, The Seal is engraved silver and weighs 35 grams. It is 2 1/2′ long and the top has a diameter of 1″. The seal depicts a goat and has a latin inscription and has a diameter of 1/2″. It would usually imprint heated wax placed on the document or to seal an envelope.