Lot Essay
Count Yakim Mashlykin (1774-?) was a Don Cossack. He received the medal for the siege of Izmail in 1790 during the Russo-Turkish War.
![NICHOLAS I. A GRANT OF NOBILITY AND ARMS [GRAMOTA] in favour of Count Yakim Vasilievich Mashlykin (1774-?), creating him Count of the Russian Empire with his own arms, signed in Cyrillic ‘Nicholas’ and dated 29 April 1838](https://www.christies.com.cn/img/LotImages/2021/CKS/2021_CKS_20061_0165_001(nicholas_i_a_grant_of_nobility_and_arms_gramota_in_favour_of_count_yak_d6348624101701).jpg?w=1)
![NICHOLAS I. A GRANT OF NOBILITY AND ARMS [GRAMOTA] in favour of Count Yakim Vasilievich Mashlykin (1774-?), creating him Count of the Russian Empire with his own arms, signed in Cyrillic ‘Nicholas’ and dated 29 April 1838](https://www.christies.com.cn/img/LotImages/2021/CKS/2021_CKS_20061_0165_002(nicholas_i_a_grant_of_nobility_and_arms_gramota_in_favour_of_count_yak_d6348624101709).jpg?w=1)
![NICHOLAS I. A GRANT OF NOBILITY AND ARMS [GRAMOTA] in favour of Count Yakim Vasilievich Mashlykin (1774-?), creating him Count of the Russian Empire with his own arms, signed in Cyrillic ‘Nicholas’ and dated 29 April 1838](https://www.christies.com.cn/img/LotImages/2021/CKS/2021_CKS_20061_0165_003(nicholas_i_a_grant_of_nobility_and_arms_gramota_in_favour_of_count_yak_d6348624101718).jpg?w=1)
![NICHOLAS I. A GRANT OF NOBILITY AND ARMS [GRAMOTA] in favour of Count Yakim Vasilievich Mashlykin (1774-?), creating him Count of the Russian Empire with his own arms, signed in Cyrillic ‘Nicholas’ and dated 29 April 1838](https://www.christies.com.cn/img/LotImages/2021/CKS/2021_CKS_20061_0165_000(nicholas_i_a_grant_of_nobility_and_arms_gramota_in_favour_of_count_yak_d6348624104654).jpg?w=1)
Details
NICHOLAS I. A GRANT OF NOBILITY AND ARMS [GRAMOTA] in favour of Count Yakim Vasilievich Mashlykin (1774-?), creating him Count of the Russian Empire with his own arms, signed in Cyrillic ‘Nicholas’ and dated 29 April 1838
Illuminated manuscript on vellum, in Russian, 8 pages, 2° (480 x 335 mm.), the first page with the name of Emperor Nicholas I (r. 1825-1855) in gold lettering, the border with coats of arms of towns, principalities and provinces, surmounted by the Imperial double-headed eagle, other pages with crowned imperial cypher within laurel wreath at head, the fifth page enclosing an illuminated coat-of-arms in gold and colours, the final page with the signature of Nicholas I and date, with silk endpapers, bound in the silk folder, with gold-thread cord and a wax seal in silver case, the detachable cover applied with the Imperial double-headed eagle, with maker's mark of Egor Seppe, St Petersburg, 1839
Illuminated manuscript on vellum, in Russian, 8 pages, 2° (480 x 335 mm.), the first page with the name of Emperor Nicholas I (r. 1825-1855) in gold lettering, the border with coats of arms of towns, principalities and provinces, surmounted by the Imperial double-headed eagle, other pages with crowned imperial cypher within laurel wreath at head, the fifth page enclosing an illuminated coat-of-arms in gold and colours, the final page with the signature of Nicholas I and date, with silk endpapers, bound in the silk folder, with gold-thread cord and a wax seal in silver case, the detachable cover applied with the Imperial double-headed eagle, with maker's mark of Egor Seppe, St Petersburg, 1839
Provenance
Mikhail Klavdievich Parenago (1876-1931) (stamp on the inside cover).
Special notice
No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.
Brought to you by
Margo Oganesian
Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art Specialist
Check the condition report or get in touch for additional information about this
If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.
