2455, 2456, undated
Scope and Contents
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The Schaffer Collection
of
Russian Imperial Art Treasures
ROCKEFELLER CENTER NEW YORK
#2455. Miniature gold Easter egg, with four sections finely enameled a deep blue, and set in each corner with a gold star and in the center with a cabochon ruby. In between these sections, the gold surfaces are beautifully fluted.
#2456. Tiny Easter rabbit mounted in an egg-shaped gold ring. The bunny is beautifully carved out of a single piece of amethyst. Around his neck is a gold collar from which is suspended a gold-mounted olivene (sic), while olivenes (sic) are also set in for the eyes.
Both of these are by the famous Russian Court jeweler, CARL G. FABERGE, and are from the belongings of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia.
MRS. JOHN L. PRATT
Dates
- Creation: undated
Creator
- Schaffer Collection (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
Schaffer Collection, Russian Imperial Art Treasures, Rockefeller Center
Digitization of the Lillian Thomas Pratt Archives has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Geographic
Repository Details
Part of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Archives Repository
Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library
200 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard
Richmond VA 23220-4007 United States
804-340-1495
library@vmfa.museum
