Schaffer Collection

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures Rockefeller Center, New York May 2, 1935#422. Miniature gold Easter egg, beautifully enameled in white, and bearing the red cross. #423. Miniature Easter egg, made of a gray Russian semi-precious stone set on the bottom with a ruby and on the top mounted with a gold leaf. #424. Miniature Easter egg made of Russian pink agate. #445. Miniature gold Easter egg, beautifully enameled...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures Rockefeller Center, New York May 2, 1935 #425. Gold and silver miniature Easter egg set with blue transparent enamel. Opening on a hinge. #426. Miniature gold Easter egg decorated with tiny bell shaped flowers, each studded with a diamond, and on the bottom a blue sapphire. #427. Miniature Easter egg made of pale blue Russian semi-precious stone, mounted in beautifully chased various colored...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures Rockefeller Center, New York May 2, 1935 #430. Miniature Easter egg, made of a gray semi-precious Russian stone mounted in various colored beautifully chased gold, and studded with four rubies. #431. Miniature gold Easter egg enameled in white, the upper part studded with rubies and one diamond, and in the center, beautifully chased gold wreath. #432. Miniature Easter egg made of Russian...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures Rockefeller Center, New York May 2, 1935 #437. Miniature gold Easter egg beautifully enameled in red and white, and inlaid with gold leaves. #458. Very interesting egg-shaped pearl supporting a beautifully chased gold cock which is suspended from a ring. #459. Very fine miniature gold Easter egg studded with pearls and turquoises, stones divided in four sections. #673. Very interesting gold...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures Rockefeller Center, New York February 26, 1935 #438 Very fine miniature Easter egg, enameled in a translucent pink and studded with one large and two smaller sapphires and two diamonds mounted in gold. The work of Carl Faberge [sic], famous craftsman of the 19th century who was often referred to as the Cellini of the 19th century. From the private belongings of Olga Nicholaeovna, eldest daughter...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures Rockefeller Center, New York May 2, 1935 #449. Very beautiful miniature gold Easter egg nicely chased and enameled in translucent red on top and bottom; in center small squares of yellow and green enclosed in two white bands of opaque enamel. #450. Very fine miniature gold Easter egg beautifully enameled in a soft shade of turquoise translucent enamel encircled with an engraved wreath which...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures Rockefeller Center, New York July 28, 1934 #461 Most exceptionally fine miniature icon (panagia), painted in enamel in very beautiful soft tones which produce a most pleasing effect. Signed in the lower left corner. The icon portrays “St. George Slaying the Dragon”, the Insignia of the Romanoff family. It is set in very fine gold and silver filigree work and is studded with rubies. It is...

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Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures Rockefeller Center, New York July 28, 1934 #462 A most unusual enamel miniature icon (panagia), portraying “Madonna and Child”. It is mounted in a very beautiful gold and silver frame surmounted by crown and studded with turquoises and pearls of very good quality. From the private collection of the Grand Duchess Tatiana, the second daughter of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia. From the...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures July 28, 1934 #463 A most unusual enamel miniature icon (panagia), portraying the “Madonna and Child”. It is set in a very fine gold and silver frame inlaid with vari-colored enamel in very fine filigree work. Surmounted by crown and studded with pearls and garnets of very good quality. From the private collection of the Grand Duchess Olga, the eldest daughter of Nicholas II, the late Czar of...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK April 9, 1936 #476 A most unusually fine handle of nephrite, pale green in color, mounted with a cobra naturalistically carved out of yellow gold and entwined about the handle. The scales and small details are meticulously rendered, while on top of the snake’s head, a pink cabochon-cut ruby is mounted as the eye of the cobra. Made by “Carl Fabergé”, celebrated...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK OCTOBER 29, 1936 #477 Small handle of exquisite delicacy and refinement composed in its miniature dimensions of a “T”-shaped piece of rock crystal set in a gold mounting finely bordered with a bead edge of yellow gold. Between these borders in incredibly small scale, the gold is chased into a design of waving lines, enameled in light blue and set with three rows...

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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #477 Very lovely cane holder, of crystal, with fine enameling, and gold mounting, and studded with diamonds. Made by the famous court jeweler “Faberge” (By Appointment to the Czar of Russia.) From the personal belongings of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Czar Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia. From the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoye Selo. $150.00

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK April 9, 1936 #478 Very beautifully designed parasol handle in the shape of a fin, made of nephrite. It is mounted with gold and finely enameled in an unusual shade of pink, and is studded with four pearls and two rows of diamonds. It was made by the famous court jeweler “Carl Fabergé” (By Appointment to the Czar of Russia), and is a fine example of his...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK OCTOBER 29, 1936 #479 Particularly beautiful handle, exquisitely wrought and decorated in a most beautiful manner. The handle proper, a piece of rock crystal, is set in a cylindrical gold mounting embellished with various gold and enamel borders. At the top and bottom there are green gold wreaths against a deeper shade of gold. The enameled decoration is formed...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #479 Very beautiful rock crystal parasol handle mounted in beautifully chased gold and enameled in soft shades of blue and studded with two rows of oriental pearls. Made by the famous court jeweler “Carl Faberge” (By Appointment to the Czar of Russia), who was often referred to as the Cellini of the 19th century. From the private collection of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia. From the Alexander Palace at...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK OCTOBER 29, 1936 #480 Beautiful handle perfectly illustrating the artistry of “Carl Fabergé”. This handle, a combination of a well-cut and polished piece of milky-green nephrite, is set off by the complementary shade of orange in its gold and enameled mounting. This mounting, connecting the handle proper with the main body of the cane, is wrought with great...

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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #480 Very fine cane handle enameled in white. With gold striped and two Roman tens (X), enameled in orange. Made by the famous court jeweler “Carl Faberge”, who was often referred to as the Cellini of the 19th century. Originally in the collection of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia. $250.00

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK OCTOBER 29, 1936 #481 Very fine handle made of nephrite of a pale golden greenish shade, symmetrically curved and mounted in brilliantly enameled gold. The main part of the mounting is chased with a design of many short curves and enameled raspberry red. Curving around it in a ribbon effect there are four bands of leaves exquisitely worked in two shades of gold,...

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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #481 Very fine cane handle made of Russian nephrite (jade), mounted in gold and enameled in a beautiful red translucent enamel, in spiral design. With two rows of diamonds. Made by the famous court jeweler “Carl Faberge”, who was often referred to as the “Cellini of the 19th century.” Originally in the collection of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia. $350.00

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK April 9, 1936 #482 Very fine parasol handle made of nephrite, in the shape of a duck’s head, with rubies for eyes and a most unusual green enamel band. At the base it is mounted in gold and set with two rows of diamonds. It is exceptionally finely enameled in translucent pink, giving the effect of trees in sunshine, which is enclosed in borders of white matte...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK January 2, 1935 #504 Very important gold and silver vase enameled in beautiful, rich coloring, which can hardly be described. One can scarcely distinguish the enamel from the various precious stones, such as emeralds, rubies, sapphires, pearls, etc., with which it is embellished, true to the splendor of a jewelled [sic] crown, which is incorporated in the design of...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK August 26, 1936 #509 Exceptionally beautiful handle carved of a single amethyst set in a gold mounting and forming an exquisite terminal to a parasol. The amethyst, beautifully carved, consists of two shells placed together on a Russian capital. The gold mounting, so typical of “Fabergé’s” workmanship, is intricately embellished with a repeating design punctuated...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #509 Very fine parasol handle of amethyst, carved with a spiral design. Gold mounting and two rows of diamonds. Enameled in a lovely shade of translucent pink in a woven effect. It is the creation of the famous Russian artist “Carl Faberge”, court jeweler to the Czar of Russia. He was often referred to as the Cellini of the 19th century because of his unusually fine craftsmanship. Originally in the collection of the Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna,...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK May 20, 1936 #533 A very fine cane handle of pale reddish jade in a solid gold setting, paneled and enameled in matte white. Superimposed over the surface are crossed arrows of gold, each of which bears in the center a deep-red cabochon-cut Ural stone. By “Carl Fabergé”, court jeweler to the Russian Imperial family, who is today so often referred to as the...

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Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK May 20, 1936 #533 duplicate A very fine cane handle of pale reddish jade in a solid gold setting, paneled and enameled in matte white. Superimposed over the surface are crossed arrows of gold, each of which bears in the center a deep-red cabochon-cut Ural stone. By “Carl Fabergé”, court jeweler to the Russian Imperial family, who is today so often referred to as...

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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #534 Very fine parasol handle made of a solid piece of amethyst, with most unusual gold and silver mounting. Made by the famous Russian artist “Carl Faberge”, court jeweler to the Czar of Russia, who was often referred to as the “Cellini” of the 19th century. From the collection of Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia. $250.00

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK May 20, 1936 #535 A very fine solid gold parasol handle of elongated pear shape, enameled in a most unusual shade of pink over a chased surface which imparts a scintillating tint of lavender. A gold band dividing the enameled area into panels is chased with a wreath design of green gold, punctuated with tiny rosettes in red gold. In the top a diamond is inset,...