1364

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 6, Item SC07.01.5.096

Creator:

Schaffer Collection

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures Rockefeller Center, New York January 1, 1937 #1364 An exceptionally choice fantaisie by "Carl G. Fabergé", the celebrated Russian court jeweler. Signed and in the original case, this unique tray of gold gilt silver is mounted with a stand to which is attached an ivory swing on which perches a paraquet [sic] cut directly out of a rare brilliantly colored agate, the natural markings of which delineate the feathers in the minutest detail. Emeralds are set in for the eyes and the whole presents an astonishingly life-like aspect. On either side of the swing tiny containers hold the golden kernels of birdseed.

Mrs. John L. Pratt

Language:

English

Acquisition information:

Gift of Lillian Thomas Pratt.

Biographical / historical:

American--1

Physical description:

Paper

Physical facet:

Sales records

Other descriptive data:

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.

Related material:

47.20.208a-b

Names:

Schaffer Collection

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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