CA-5364/2, 1939

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 9, Item SC07.02.3.089

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] Article No.CA-5364/2 Green jade miniature frame designed by Carl Fabergé, celebrated court jeweler to Tsar Nikolai II. Made of one piece, it has two oval receptacles containing rare, original photographs of the court jeweler and his wife. They are rimmed with delicate fillets of silver, applied with ruby and black enamel in a design bordered by lines of white. The photograph openings are backed with ivory to which is attached a hinged easel of graceful design. The easel is hallmarked with the full name "Fabergé"; the initials of one of his leading workmasters, Henrik Wigstroem; and the numeral "88" denoting the quality of Russian silver. Acquired from Nikolai Fabergé, son of the renowned jeweler. Mrs. John L. Pratt FROM THE HAMMER COLLECTION – 682 FIFTH AVENUE – NEW YORK February 17, 1939

Language:

English

Acquisition information:

Gift of Lillian Thomas Pratt.

Biographical / historical:

American--1

Physical description:

Paper

Physical facet:

Sales records

Other descriptive data:

Hammer Collection, Hammer Galleries, Fifth Avenue

Digitization of the Lillian Thomas Pratt Archives has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Related material:

47.20.324

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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