A Russian Civil Officials’ sword and a large portrait of a high-ranking official, Russian Empire.

A Russian Civil Officials’ sword, model 1855 and a Large portrait of a Chamberlain of the Court of His Imperial Majesty in full dress uniform. This distinguished lot pairs a Russian Imperial civil Officials’ sword, model 1855, with a portrait of its original owner, a high-ranking chamberlain of the Court of His Imperial Majesty. The sword is characterized by a gilt-brass hilt featuring a double-headed Imperial eagle on the guard and an elegant wire-wrapped grip bearing the crowned cypher of Emperor Alexander II, with the blade housed in a traditional leather-covered scabbard with brass fittings. The accompanying portrait is a rare gouache-painted photograph produced in 1932 by an artist in Lausanne, Switzerland, documenting the sitter in the regalia of a vanished era. Identified by the Doliwa coat of arms and holding the rank of Actual State Councilor, the subject is depicted in full dress uniform with a bicorne hat and his model 1855 sword. His breast is decorated with the Orders of St. Stanislaus and St. Anne, 2nd Class, and the Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Grade, alongside a medal bar commemorating the reign of Alexander III and his service with the Red Cross during the Russo-Japanese War. The ensemble is completed by the insignia of the Mariinsky Department and a graduation sign from an Imperial University, creating a comprehensive biographical record of a noble official in exile. The sword measures approximately 97 cm in length, serving as a tactile link to the aristocratic figure immortalized in the Lausanne portrait. Portrait size 75 x 50 cm. The items is in good condition.