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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER NEW YORK

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER NEW YORK

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER NEW YORK

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER NEW YORK #2299 A most unusual flower creation by CARL G. FABERGE, the celebrated Russian Court jeweler, who is often referred to today as the "Cellini of the nineteenth century". Beautifully conceived and executed, it represents a spray of lilies-of-the valley [underlined] fashioned of pearls with diamond tips, on a gold stem and with two large leaves of jade. The spray stands in what appears to be a red clay flower [underlined] pot filled with moss, but the pot actually is of silver and enameled in a matte brick red, the color of the natural clay, while the moss is of gold, so artfully employed that one can scarcely believe that it is not actually moss. So ingeniously is the entire object executed that it gives a most lifelike and naturalistic effect. One feels that the flower is planted in the pot, and only upon closer examination does one realize that the whole is created from such precious materials as gold, silver, pearls, diamonds and jade.

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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #23 Very fine gold and silver frame beautifully enameled in lavender on one side and grayish-blue on the other. It contains a photograph on one side of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, and on the other, a photograph of his wife, the Grand Duchess Elizabeth. Signed and dated 1909. (After the revolution, Czar Nicholas II abdicated in favor of his brother, the Grand Duke Michael, but the latter declined to become Czar of Russia.) The frame is designed by "Fabergé", famous court jeweler to the Czar. It is an exceptionally good example of his fine work. From the personal belongings of Czar Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia. From the Alexandrovsky Palace at Tsarskoye Selo. $240.00

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures Rockefeller Center, New York March 1, 1934 #23. Very fine gold and silver frame, beautifully enameled in lavender on one side and grayish-blue on the other. It contains a photograph on one side of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, and on the other, a photograph of his wife, the Grand Duchess Elizabeth, (Countess Brassov, morganatic wife of Grand Duke Michael.) Signed and dated 1909. (After the revolution, Czar Nicholas II abdicated in favor of his brother, the Grand Duke Michael, but the latter declined to become Czar of Russia.) The frame is signed by "Fabergé", famous court jeweler to the Czar. It is an exceptionally good example of his fine work. From the personal belongings of Czar Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia. From the Alexandrovsky Palace at Tsarskoye Selo.

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER NEW YORK #2300 Unusual flower creation by CARL G. FABERGE, the celebrated Russian Court jeweler. Beautifully conceived and executed, it represents a spray of lilies-of-the-valley [underlined] fashioned of pearls with diamond tips, on a gold stem and with two large leaves of jade. The spray stands in what seems to be a glass of water, but what is actually a rock crystal vase so created as to give the perfect illusion of water. So ingeniously is the entire object executed that it gives a most lifelike effect. One actually feels that the lily-of-the-valley is standing in the water and only on close examination does one realize that the whole is created from gold, pearls, jade, crystal, etc.

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER NEW YORK #2322 An exceptionally fine miniature sculpture of a blood hound by the celebrated Russian Court jeweler CARL G. FABERGE. The animal is carved from a single piece of vari-colored agate ranging in shade from a light gray to a reddish brown. He is shown in the attitude of following the scent, and most noteworthy in this specimen is the impression one gains of his great strength and power. The lowered head, the sniffing nose, the upcurled tail, and long ears almost touching the ground, are all most remarkable, and most life-like. One actually seems to feel that the dog is following one, so realistic is the whole creation. In its small dimensions every detail of the anatomy is correctly and precisely carved, even to the chasing of the individual markings on the dog. Diamonds are set in for the eyes.

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