E-327, May, 1936
Scope and Contents
Transcription:
[double-headed eagle]
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL TREASURES
Article No. E-327
Round powder box and cover of fine Ural [underlined] spinach jade [handwritten question mark]. The cover is rimmed in gold, chased in braided design, and has an artistically carved ivory elephant standing upon a fringed drum of gold, banded with alternating rubies and diamonds. The gold work is in the individual style of the celebrated court jeweler to Nicholai II, Karl Faberge, the creator of this lovely object.
The rim of the cover is marked with the full name of Faberge, the initials of his foremost workmaster [sic], Mikhail Perchin, the number “56”, denoting Russian equivalent of 14Kt. gold, and the crossed anchors mark of the St. Petersburg Assay office.
From the personal quarters of the Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholai II, in the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo.
Mrs. John L. Pratt
May, 1936.
FROM THE HAMMER COLLECTION – 682 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK
Dates
- May, 1936
Creator
- Hammer Galleries (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Access
The collection is open for research.
Digitization of the collection has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The digital collection can be accessed through the VMFA Collections Search website.
Conditions Governing Use
No Copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Biographical / Historical
American--1
Extent
1 page
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lillian Thomas Pratt.
Physical Description
Paper
Physical Facet
Sales records
General
Hammer Collection, Russian Imperial Treasures, Fifth Avenue
Digitization of the Lillian Thomas Pratt Archives has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- New York (N.Y.) Subject Source: Viaf
Repository Details
Part of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Archives Repository
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