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Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK August 18, 1937 #G-8 A miniature icon by CARL G. FABERGE [sic], the celebrated Russian Court jeweler. It is in the form of a triptych and is very simply panelled [sic] on the exterior with a dark wood bearing a four-petaled [sic] catch centered by an emerald. It opens to disclose a solid gold interior. The three panels are executed in a brilliant yellow gold...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK August 18, 1937 #G-13 Dome-shaped jade push-button by CARL G. FABERGE [sic], the celebrated Russian Court jeweler. In the classic French style adapted by FABERGE [sic], the jade is of a dark green color cut into relief with rows of small rococo scrolls curving up over the top to join a central motif bearing the button. The button is a cabochon-cut star ruby set in...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK August 18, 1937 #G-14 Gold-mounted jade calendar by CARL G. FABERGE [sic], the celebrated Russian Court jeweler. In the form of a rectangular piece of dark, translucent green jade, it is designed in his classic manner and mounted with gold-gilt back and easel. At the top, swags of green gold are contrasted with a reddish gold, the latter taking the form of crossed...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK August 18, 1937 #G-16 Large jade Easter egg mounted in gold-gilt silver by CARL G. FABERGE [sic], the celebrated Russian Court jeweler. Of a fine green jade bearing a spotting of a darker green, the stone is cut out to paper-like thinness, making it translucent. Mounted in a bright yellow gold-gilt silver and bearing ruby catches with which to open it. It...

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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK October 1, 1937 #G-22 Very unusual miniature diptych icon of solid gold by GRATCHOV, by Appointment to the Russian Imperial Family. Its design is perfectly plain on the exterior, and on opening it discloses miniatures of Jesus Christ on one panel and the Holy Virgin of Kazan on the other.

MRS. JOHN L. PRATT

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] G. 3. Rectangular miniature picture frame by CARL G. FABERGE, the Russian Court jeweler. It is executed in gold on silver bearing a ground of rose colored enamel. Borders of wreath design frame the enameled ground and around the opening for a picture is enclosed with beadwork. Bears a piece of beveled plate glass to cover the picture and is paneled with ivory. Signed “FABERGE”. $300.00 From the Youssapoff Collection. Originally it was presented to the...

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Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] G. 5. Miniature picture frame by CARL G. FABERGE, the Russian Court jeweler. It is executed in unusually small dimensions in solid gold with a jade center surrounding the tiny opening for a picture. Concentric fluted gold rims separate these areas. The jade is of a dark spotted green and in contrast to it a pale mauve enamel is employed everlaid [sic] by an interweaving green-gold wreath. At top a ribbon with bow and loose ends is fixed bearing a ruby...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #G. 8. A miniature icon by CARL G. FABERGE, the Russian court jeweler. It is in the form of triptych and very simply on the exterior is paneled with a dark wood bearing a four-petaled catch centered by an emerald. It opens to disclose a solid gold interior. The three panels are executed in a brilliant yellow gold bearing three Russian arch-shaped panels bordered by pearls. The yellow-gold ground bears arabesques of the filigree and studded at...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #G. 13. Dome-shaped jade push button by CARL G. FABERGE, the Russian Court jeweler. In the classic French style adapted by Faberge, the jade is of a dark green color cut into relief with rows of small rococo scrolls curving up over the top to join a central motif bearing the button. The button is a cabochon-cut ruby set in a nine-petaled mounting of diamonds. The jade is mounted in solid gold of a bright yellow color and following in this style is...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #G. 14. Gold-mounted jade calendar device by CARL G. FABERGE, the Russian Court jeweler. In the form of a rectangular piece of dark translucent green jade it is designed in his classic manner and mounted with gold-gilt back and easel. At the top swags of green gold are contrasted with a reddish gold, the latter taking the form of crossed ribbons and exuberant ribbon bows, a larger one in the center and two smaller ones flanking it. In the very center two...

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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #G. 16 Large jade Easter egg mounted in gold gilt silver by CARL G. FABERGE, the Russian Court jeweler. Of a fine green jade bearing a spotting of a darker green, the stone is cut out to paper-like thinness, making it translucent. Mounted in a bright yellow gold gilt silver, and bearing ruby catches with which to open it. $450.00

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Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK #G.25 Diamond-shaped rock crystal frame by CARL G. FABERGE, the celebrated Russian court jeweler, of the utmost delicacy and refinement. The round opening for the picture is bordered with emeralds, and through the center on top and bottom runs a golden stem bearing three gold tulips, each with four tiny gold-mounted rubies. The border is finely fluted and is crossed...

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Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art TreasuresGOLD PRESENTATION BOX OF NICHOLAS II OF RUSSIA BY FABERGE This exquisite example of the incomparable artistry of Fabergé is circular in shape. The top is enamelled [sic] in a lovely shade of rich iridescent blue over a guilloché surface. In the center is a raised oval reserve bordered by a row of pearls, a band of gold filigree and gracefully curved diamond set volutes extending to...

Scope and Contents Transcription: NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1936 Grand Duchess Victoria Dead; Lived as the ‘Empress of Russia’ Sister of Queen Marie and Cousin of George V, Victim of Stroke Near Munich By The United Press MUNICH, Germany, March 2.— Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna, wife of Grand Duke Cyril of Russia, head of the Romanoff family and self-described Czar of All the Russias, died today of an apoplectic stroke at the castle of her daughter, Princess Maria von Leiningen, in...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] Article GT-1530/2Gold on silver rectangular frame of rose enamel over a field of engine turning. Mounted over the oval aperture which contains the photograph of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, is a double-headed eagle bearing the Imperial crown, set with diamonds, between the heads. On its breast is a single sapphire. Below, a swag and crescent design forms the decoration. Encircling the whole is a conventional laurel leaf design attached with...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] Article GT-1530/3 Handsome frame of transparent green enamel with two oval apertures containing a photograph of Czarina Alexandra and one of the Czar, Nicholai II. Above the ovals is the double-headed eagle with wings outstretched. The crown between the heads is set with rubies and diamonds while a shield, set with the same stones, is on its breast. Underneath the photographs are three swags with rosettes and crescents in garland effect. At the top of...

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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] RUSSIAN IMPERIAL EXHIBIT January 26, 1933 Article No. H-4098 Silver Hand Mirror bearing the initials “AN” under the Imperial Crown, for Grand Duchess Anastasia, who was the youngest daughter of Nicholai II, the last Czar of Russia.

Mrs. John L. Pratt Chatham Fredericksburg, Virginia

From the Hammer Collection – Three East Fifty-second Street, New York, N. Y.

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Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] RUSSIAN IMPERIAL EXHIBIT January 26, 1933 Article No. H 4108 Photograph in a silver frame of Serge Alexandrovitch, who was the brother of Alexander III, and his wife, Elizaveta Feodorovna, who was the sister of Czarina Alexandra. On one side is engraved a crown and the inscription: “Serge;” on the other side, a crown and the inscription: “Elizaveta.” At the bottom, the dates “1891-1904;” at the top, a small crown and an enamel plaque of St. George...

Scope and Contents Transcription: [double-headed eagle] RUSSIAN IMPERIAL TREASURES Article No. H3825 Unique cheese spoon of gold on silver in grapevine design, while a crown in relief forms the end of the handle. Below this crown appears the coat-of-arms of Prince Yousoupoff on one side and his family monograph on the other. It was made in England, circa 1847. From the Yousoupoff Palace on Moika Canal in St. Petersburg. This Prince will be remembered for the prominent part he played in the assassination...

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Scope and Contents Transcription: Icon delicately painted on wood and mounted with a silver trapping set with seed pearls in Byzantine design, on a background of green enamel. "Our Lord Jesus Christ Holding the Open Scriptures" which read: "The Commandment of the New Day - "Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself". It is backed with red velvet. It was made by the court jeweler Fabergé whose name it bears. It is marked with the figures "88" which denotes the highest quality of Russian silver. From the quarters of...

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