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Found in 659 Collections and/or Records:
5524, undated
Item — Binder SC-07 Binder 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-03; Series SC-07-01, Page: Unknown, Item: SC07.02.2.022
Identifier: SC07.02.2.022
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Dates:
undated
5528, Jan. 4, 1934
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 8, Item: SC07.02.3.032
Identifier: SC07.02.3.032
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RUSSIAN IMPERIAL EXHIBIT
January 4th, 1934.
Article No. 5528An icon finely painted on wood and mounted with a silver trapping set with seed pearls in a Byzantine design on a background of green enamel. The subject of the icon is “Our Lord Jesus Christ Holding the Open Scriptures” which read: “The commandment of the new day: Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself.”
The icon is backed with red velvet. It was made by the court jeweler, Faberge, whose...
Dates:
Jan. 4, 1934
5538, Mar. 26, 1934
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 8, Item: SC07.02.3.039
Identifier: SC07.02.3.039
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RUSSIAN IMPERIAL EXHIBIT
March 26th, 1934.
Article No. 5538
An icon painted on wood on a background of gold with a border of rich enamel in Byzantine design. It has a brass trapping and is enclosed in original wood and velvet-lined case. “St. Nicholas the Wonder Worker”. A painting of exquisite detail and coloring. It was presented to Nicholai II when he was still the Tsarevitch. The sticker on the back of the box reads: “To the Grand Duke Nicholai...
Dates:
Mar. 26, 1934
5547, June 21, 1935
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 8, Item: SC07.02.3.043
Identifier: SC07.02.3.043
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RUSSIAN IMPERIAL TREASURES
Article No. 5547
Dainty spray of corn flowers, fashioned of gold, enamel and diamonds, supported in a small vase of rock crystal. The workmanship on the foliage and buds shows the most exclusive care in fashioning truly after nature. The enamel of deep blue is extremely clear. The stamen and pistils are each set with a small shiny diamond. The workmanship of the flower itself is by Faberge, the famous court jeweler, while the...
Dates:
June 21, 1935
5550-1, Jan. 5, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.134
Identifier: SC07.02.3.134
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GLOBE
Terrestrial globe fashioned of remarkably clear topaz, intricately carved with a map of the Earth and its great divisions.
It rests on a solid gold tripod, nested in the base of which is a compass. The frame-stand is encircled with a wide gold rim band engraved to show the units of longitude reckoned 180 degrees East to West or 15 degrees to the hour, the months of the year inscribed in Russian, and the corresponding signs of the Zodiac.
Poles...
Dates:
Jan. 5, 1940
5570, Mar. 6, 1936
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 8, Item: SC07.02.3.047
Identifier: SC07.02.3.047
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RUSSIAN IMPERIAL TREASURES
Article No. 5570
Snuff box of gold, period and style of Alexander II. Russian, circa 1860.
The design, exquisitely chased, is of oak leaves and acorns, inlaid with transparent enamel in dark blue. It is marked “56” the Russian equivalent of 14 Karat gold, the profile of the Government Assay Office and the impressed number “2073.” Very lightly cut is the original order number of the maker “P154.” [4 crossed out and 0...
Dates:
Mar. 6, 1936
5571, May 11, 1937
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 8, Item: SC07.02.3.059
Identifier: SC07.02.3.059
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Article No. 5571
Magnificent gold snuffbox in oval shape with hinged lid. It is hand-wrought with a chased gold mounting. The lid has an oval gray and white cameo, masterfully carved with a mythological sea scene, signed “W. Eissel”, outstanding German master. This is framed with fifty large diamonds and about one hundred small ones. The edge is in carved scroll design including two gargoyles over lapis blue enamel, and set with many diamonds, four of...
Dates:
May 11, 1937
5625-3, Jan. 24, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.143
Identifier: SC07.02.3.143
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EASTER EGG PENDANT
Imperial Russian Easter Egg pendant carved of pink orletz, known as eaglestone, found in the Ural mountains. It is mounted in gold with an abruptly bent loop pinioned to either side of the top. Through this passes a second large loop for hanging.
Created by Karl Faberge, illustrious court jeweler to the last two Tsars of Russia, it is hallmarked with the initials “AD” of one of his workmasters, and with the numeral “56” denoting the...
Dates:
Jan. 24, 1940
5625-11, Jan. 5, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.132
Identifier: SC07.02.3.132
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PARASOL HANDLE
Long parasol handle of spinach jade, gold, and enamel. The smoothly formed top is finished with a wide collar of red and green gold applied with opaque white enamel and red-carnelian champ-leve enamel on a guilloche undersurface. This is rimmed in fluent wreath effect in the characteristically classic manner of its maker, Karl Faberge, eminent court jeweler to Tsars Aleksandr III and Nikolai II of Russia.
The object is hallmarked with...
Dates:
Jan. 5, 1940
5687, June 21, 1935
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 8, Item: SC07.02.3.045
Identifier: SC07.02.3.045
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[double-headed eagle]
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL TREASURES
Article No. 5687
Easter Egg of Orletz or Eagle stone, decorated with gold and silver mountings, and bearing an inlaid monogram and crown of Maria Feodorovna, Dowager Empress and mother of the last czar, Nicholai II. The egg is shaped of this rare Ural stone, named after the Russian Eagle in the Imperial Grinding Factory in Ekaterinburg. Made by the famous court jeweler Faberge.
From the quarters of the Grand Duchess Tatiana in...
Dates:
June 21, 1935
5756-18, Dec. 4, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.154
Identifier: SC07.02.3.154
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[double-headed eagle]
KOVSH
Commemorative kovsh, smoothly modeled in red gold, featuring the Imperial double-headed eagle in diamonds on the prow. Engraved within the border, fine old Russian stylized motifs are incised on the highly polished surface. In the base, engraved within a heavy laurel wreath in repousse, a five ruble yellow-gold coin of Catherine the Great bears the Empress’ portrait and, on the underside, the date “1776”.
This rare objet d’art was created by...
Dates:
Dec. 4, 1940
5756-19, Dec. 4, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.146
Identifier: SC07.02.3.146
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VIOLET
Jeweled violet fashioned in 18 kt. gold, the diamond-centered blossom naturalistically textured with an overlay of matte enamel, leaves wrought in Siberian nephrite. Resting in its vase of rock crystal carved to represent a tiny tumbler filled with water, the flowerette [sic] inclines gracefully on its slender stem as if borne to one side by the weight of its petals.
Mady [sic] by Karl Faberge, illustrious court jeweler and in the master’s best...
Dates:
Dec. 4, 1940
5777-8, Dec. 4, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.149
Identifier: SC07.02.3.149
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FRAME
Exquisitely hand-wrought small double picture frame of a thin solid slab of Siberian nephrite mounted with motifs of the Empire period. Above the rectangularly cut apertures, enframed in pearls, is a long floral swag developed in several tones of gold and set with cabochon rubies. The central design shows a graceful flower basket which depends from a triple bowknot. A similarly fashioned classical design with long pole terminating with the...
Dates:
Dec. 4, 1940
5791-10, Dec. 4, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.155
Identifier: SC07.02.3.155
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CHICK
Baby chick, skilfully [sic] carved in richly-toned rose jasper with feet modeled in 18 kt. gold. The eyes are set with cabochon rubies.
Created by Karl Faberge with fine expression of form and subtle line, this little object exemplifies the perfection of detail and ingenuous appeal which the master brought to the art of stone cutting.
Fully hallmarked, it bears the number “72” denoting the Russian equivalent of 18 kt. gold; wreathed head of the...
Dates:
Dec. 4, 1940
5808-1, Dec. 4, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.153
Identifier: SC07.02.3.153
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FRAME
Square picture frame fashioned to contain a miniature. Hand-wrought in gold and applied on a guilloche field with transparent enamel in rich cobalt blue, the outer frame is developed in two tones of gold with a running border of leaves, and the inner fillet is bordered in pearls.
The piece, made by Karl Faberge, jeweler to the last two Tsars of Russia, is finely hallmarked with the master’s full name in Russian; with the initials “MP” of one of...
Dates:
Dec. 4, 1940
5839-9, Dec. 4, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.151
Identifier: SC07.02.3.151
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FRAME
Square picture frame of a solid slab of translucent jade, mounted in two tones of gold with ornamental border and radiating stripes from an inner oval framework. Containing the photograph of the small daughter Ireene of Prince Felix Youssopoff, it is exquisitely worked in the best style of the great court jeweler, Karl Faberge. Mount designs include small four-petaled open blossoms, a twisted cabling and an alternating concantenate [sic] border...
Dates:
Dec. 4, 1940
5839-12, Dec. 4, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.150
Identifier: SC07.02.3.150
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TABLE BELL
Small table bell of red gold, designed in cupola form with tapering oval handle.
Sole ornamentation consists of horizontal ridges which encircle the entire piece. Producing a musical note as it strikes the side of the bell, the clacker is modeled as an elongated drop.
The little piece was fashioned by Karl Faberge, jeweler to the last two sovereigns of Old Russia, and is hallmarked with the numeral “56” denoting the Russian equivalent of...
Dates:
Dec. 4, 1940
5840-6, Dec. 4, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.152
Identifier: SC07.02.3.152
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FRAME
Tiny double, gold frame, hand-wrought with incised stylized borders and a tooled ground on which is applied transparent pearl-white enamel. It contains portraits of Tsar Nikolai I of Russia in uniform, decorated with various orders of knighthood, and his wife, the Tsarina Aleksandra Feodorovna who also wears one of the star orders of the Empire. Each of the sovereigns is portrayed wearing the blue ribbon of the Order of St. Andrew. Finely...
Dates:
Dec. 4, 1940
5846, undated
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.168
Identifier: SC07.02.3.168
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RUSSIAN IMPERIAL TREASURES
Article No. 5846
Icon of hand-hammered gold on silver depicting Saint Maria, Saint Nicholas, the Wonder Worker, and Saint Alexander Nevsky. God the Father is represented in the Heavens above. The oval frame is mounted at the top with the Holy Dove.
The icon was presented to the Czarevitch Nicholai Alexandrovitch, eldest son of Alexander II, who died before his father, thus permitting his younger brother, Alexander III, to...
Dates:
undated
5846, undated
Item — Binder SC-07 Binder 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-03; Series SC-07-01, Page: Unknown, Item: SC07.02.2.023
Identifier: SC07.02.2.023
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Dates:
undated
5870-3, Dec. 4, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.160
Identifier: SC07.02.3.160
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LOBSTER CHARM
Unique charm modeled in gold and applied with transparent lacquer-red enamel on a tooled field, in the form of a lobster claw. Characteristically jointed, the pincer end holds a faceted diamond in a prong setting. It is surmounted by double loops for hanging.
Originally designed as a stick pin, this interesting charm was made by Karl Faberge, jeweler to the late sovereigns of Russia.
Number 5870-3
Mrs. John L. Pratt
December 4, 1940
FROM...
Dates:
Dec. 4, 1940
5903-1, Dec. 4, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.156
Identifier: SC07.02.3.156
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EASTER EGG CHARM
Imperial Easter Egg finely wrought in gold, hand-tooled and overlaid with orchid-pink champ-leve[sic: champ-levé] enamel and set with diamonds and a cabochon emerald. Fashioned in panelled [sic] form, with diamond bands separating the enameled portions enhanced each by a stylized spray of gold laurel, the cabochon gem stone is featured in the based enframed [sic] in diamonds.
It was designed by the celebrated court jeweler, Karl...
Dates:
Dec. 4, 1940
5903-3, Dec. 4, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.148
Identifier: SC07.02.3.148
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EASTER EGG CHARM
Delicately worked Imperial Easte[r] Egg charm of fete-ui mounted in gold and set with diamonds and rubies. Describing a shower of tiny flower blossoms, small traceries in the precious metal depend rhythmically from a central repousse form at the top.
Two loops for hanging are hallmarked with the device of the workmaster “MP” for Mikhail Perchin, assistant of the illustrious court jeweler, Karl Faberge; and the numeral “56” denoting the...
Dates:
Dec. 4, 1940
5903-4, Dec. 4, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.147
Identifier: SC07.02.3.147
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EASTER EGG CHARM
Pendant charm in the form of an Imperial Easter Egg of gold, applied with champ-leve [sic: champ-levé] ruby enamel on a surface tooled to represent a leaf form, and alternating sections in ultramarine blue enamel. The four portions are banded with diamonds crossing at the underside and fashioned at the top with a double loop for hanging.
Made by Karl Faberge, the larger of the loops is hallmarked with the numeral “56” denoting the...
Dates:
Dec. 4, 1940
5903-5, Dec. 4, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.157
Identifier: SC07.02.3.157
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EASTER EGG CHARM
Handsome Easter Egg pendant of gold designed with oval medallions mounted with minute flower forms. These, pointed with pearls and diamonds, are enhanced by vibrant enamelling [sic] in grotto green and old red. Opaque white borders each of the four medallions. The base is finished with a tiny pearl and the top with two loops for hanging.
Made by Karl Faberge, both of these bear hallmarks including the numeral “56” denoting the Russian...
Dates:
Dec. 4, 1940
5903-6, Dec. 4, 1940
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 10, Item: SC07.02.3.158
Identifier: SC07.02.3.158
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[double-headed eagle]
EASTER EGG CHARM
Unusual Easter Egg charm designed as a locket to open by means of pressure on the tiny diamond thumb piece set in the base. Of gold, overlaid with opaque white enamel streaked with swirls of pink to represent a rosebud, brilliant green enamel on a guilloche ground forms intricate patterns in repousse over the bud form to suggest the tendrils of a wild rose.
It was created by Karl Faberge, Russian court jeweler, and executed by one of...
Dates:
Dec. 4, 1940
6019, Feb. 1, 1934
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 8, Item: SC07.02.3.036
Identifier: SC07.02.3.036
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[double-headed eagle]
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL EXHIBIT
February 1st, 1934.
Article No. 6019A jewel box made of silver. The cover is adorned with vari-colored Russian enamel, pearls and rose diamonds. It was made by the court silver-smith, Bolin, whose full name it bears. It is also marked with the initials of his assistant master and the figures “88”, which denote the highest quality of Russian silver.The box is from the personal quarters of the Czarina...
Dates:
Feb. 1, 1934
6025, Oct. 31, 1933
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 8, Item: SC07.02.3.026
Identifier: SC07.02.3.026
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[double-headed eagle]
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL EXHIBIT
October 31st, 1933
Article No. 6025. Photograph of Nicholai II and his wife Alexandra as they were dressed for the Imperial Costume Ball held in the Winter Palace in 1903. The entire court at this ball were dress in Russian costumes of the seventeenth century. The Tzar and the Tzarina are here represented as Michael, First Tzar of Russia and his wife Evdokia, The photograph was made by Levitski, court photographer in St....
Dates:
Oct. 31, 1933
6111, Feb. 1, 1934
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 8, Item: SC07.02.3.035
Identifier: SC07.02.3.035
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[double-headed eagle]
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL EXHIBIT
February 1st, 1934.
Article No. 6111A jewel chest made of hand-hammered silver, and lined with mulberry velvet. On the cover is the Russian Imperial Double-headed eagle adorned with the various emblems of the Romanoff family. The sides of the cover bear the repeated initial “M”, inlaid with blue enamel, which stands for the Dowager Empress Marie, mother of Nicholai II. The key is set with a semi-precious green stone....
Dates:
Feb. 1, 1934
6136, Jan. 4, 1934
Item — Box SC-07 Box 1: Series SC-07-02; Series SC-07-01, Folder: 8, Item: SC07.02.3.033
Identifier: SC07.02.3.033
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[double-headed eagle]
RUSSIAN IMPERIAL EXHIBIT
January 4th, 1934.
Article No. 6136
An unusual tea pot of exquisite silver bearing the crown and monogram of Alexander III. It is made with double spouts and a gut handle.
This tea pot was made in 1891 by the Royal jewelers, Michelson of Copenhagen, belonging to the Danish Court.
It was found in the Gatchina Palace.
From the Hammer Collection – Three East Fifty-second Street, New York, N. Y.
Dates:
Jan. 4, 1934
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
- Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library
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