2496

Containers:
Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 6, Item SC07.01.5.168
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 #2496 Tiny vase with two small handles, beautifully carved out of rock crystal. The entire surface is cut with a basketwork design, while the top is mounted with a gold rim which is set with alternating diamonds and rubies. It is by the celebrated Russian Court jeweler CARL G. FABERGE, who is today often referred to as the "Cellini of the nineteenth century". From the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoye Selo.

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:

47.20.288

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
VMFA Archives
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library
200 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220-4007
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Roxanne Winfield
Phone: (804) 340-1497
Phone: (804) 340-1495
Terms of access:

No Copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en

Parent restrictions:

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.

Parent terms of access:
No Copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Preferred citation:

Lillian Thomas Pratt Personal Papers (SC-07). VMFA Archives, Richmond, Virginia.