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Past Exhibitions | Faberge in America | Exhibition Preview

Exhibition Preview

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Empire-Style Tea Service and Tea Table
Silver, ivory, Karelian birchwood
H: (table) 28 1/4 inches; (kettle) 13 ½ inches
Marks: K Fabergé, double-headed eagle, initials of workmaster Julius Rappoport, assay mark of St. Petersburg 1896-1908; engraved with crowned initials VM
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1945.366.1, 1945.355-65

Oval Clock-Frame
Aventurine quartz, silver, gold, diamonds, sapphires, ivory
H: 7 5/8 inches
Marks: Fabergé, initials of workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, assay mark of St. Petersburg before 1896; miniature signed and dated "Zehngraf, Berlin, '91"
New Orleans Museum of Art: Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Loan 		[image]

[image] Imperial Lilies of the Valley Basket
Gold, silver, nephrite, pearls, diamonds
H: 7 ½ inches
Marks: Fabergé, initials of workmaster August Hollming(?), assay mark of St. Petersburg before 1896; inscribed on base "To Her Imperial Majesty, Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, from the ironworks management and dealers in the Siberian iron section of the Pan-Russian Artistic and Manufacturing Exhibition in the year of 1896"
Original fitted case with the czarina's cipher on blue guillouché enamel field
New Orleans Museum of Art: Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Loan

Opera Glasses
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, diamonds
W: 3 3/16 inches
Marks: Fabergé, initials of workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, assay mark of St. Petersburg 1896-1908
New Orleans Museum of Art: Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Loan 		[image]

[image] Imperial Caucasus Easter Egg
Gold, silver, platinum, enamel, diamonds, seed pearls, rock crystal, ivory
H: 3 5/8 inches
Marks: Fabergé, initials of workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, assay mark of St. Petersburg before 1896; miniatures signed and dated: "Krijitski: 1891"
Later gold stand
New Orleans Museum of Art: Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Loan

Imperial Napoleonic Easter Egg
Gold, enamel, diamonds, platinum, ivory, velvet, silk
H: 4 5/8 inches
Marks: Fabergé, initials of workmaster Henrik Wigström, assay mark of St. Petersburg 1908-17; miniatures signed and dated "V. Zuiev 1912"
New Orleans Museum of Art: Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Loan 		[image]

[image] Miniature Shoe
Bloodstone, gold, diamonds, silver
L: 3 ½ inches
Marks: Inv. no. 49194
The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 66.482

Ladybug Box
Gold, enamel, diamonds
L: 1 15/16 inches
Marks: Fabergé, inititals of workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, assay mark of St. Petersburg 1896-1908
The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 66.465 		[image]

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Lapis Lazuli Easter Egg
Gold, enamel, lapis lazuli, pearls, diamonds, rubies
L. 2 5/16 inches
The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 66.436

Imperial Red Cross Easter Egg
Gold, sliver, enamel, gold, glass
H: 3 3/8 inches
Marks: Fabergé initials of workmaster Henrik Wigström, 1915, assay mark of St.. Petersburg 1908-17
The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 63.673 		[image]

[image] Elephant Bell Push
Jade, gold, rubies, emeralds, diamonds, enamel
L: 3 inches
Marks: Fabergé, initials of workmaster Henrik Wigström, assay mark of St. Petersburg 1896-1908
The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection, 66.474

Imperial Catherine the Great Easter Egg
Gold, diamonds, pearls, enamel
H: 4 3/4 inches
Marks: Engraved Fabergé, initials of workmaster Henrik Wigström, assay mark of St. Petersburg 1908-17
Hillwood Museum, Washington, D.C., 11.80 		[image]

[image] Imperial Spring Flowers Easter Egg
Egg: Gold, platinum, enamel, diamonds, bowenite
Basket and flowers: Platinum, gold, enamel, chalcedony, demantoids, wood
H: (egg) 3 1/4 inches; (basket) 1 ½ inches
Marks: Fabergé, initials of workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, assay mark of
St. Petersburg before 1896, inv. no. 44374
The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York

Imperial Chanticleer Easter Egg
Gold, enamel, diamonds, pearls
Original silver key
H: 12 5/8 inches (open)
Marks: Fabergé, initials of workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, assay mark of St. Petersburg 1896-1908, assay master Iakov Liapunov; dated 1903
The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York 		[image]

[image] Imperial Orange Tree Easter Egg
Gold, enamel, nephrite, diamonds, citrines, amethysts, rubies, pearls, agate, feathers
H: 11 3/4 inches (open)
Mark: Fabergé; dated 1911
The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York

Imperial Presentation Cigarette Case
Lacquer, gold
L: 4 inches
Marks: Fabergé, initials of workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, assay mark of St. Petersburg before 1896
John Traina 		[image]

[image] Renaissance-Style Cigarette Case
Gold, sapphire
L: 3 ½ inches
Marks: Imperial Warrant, initials of workmaster Oskar Pihl, assay mark of Moscow before 1896, inv. no. 4803
John Traina


(Left, silver) Imperial Presentation Cigarette Case
Silver gilt, enamel, ruby, emerald, sapphire, diamonds
L: 3 5/8 inches
Marks: Fabergé, initials of workmaster August Hollming, assay mark of St. Petersburg 1908-17
John Traina

(Right, red) Imperial Presentation Cigarette Case Silver gilt, enamel, diamonds, ruby, sapphire
L: 3 3/4 inches
Marks: Fabergé, initials of workmaster August Hollming, assay mark of St. Petersburg 1908-17
John Traina

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