1556

Containers:
Binder SC-07 Binder 1, Page Unknown, Item SC07.01.4.035
Creator:
Schaffer Collection
Extent:
1 item
Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #1556 Small silver triangle frame by CARL G. FABERGE the celebrated Russian Court jeweler, enameled in a brilliant Russian blue over a chased guilloche surface, the latter by its zigzag pattern emanating from the center, imparting an additional richness. The circular picture opening is bordered with pearls and set with a bevelled [sic] glass with the outside border in beadwork. Back with ivory and signed and in the original hollywood case bearing FABERGE'S name and the Russian eagle. [Last sentence crossed through] $350.00

Language:
English
Acquisition information:
Gift of Lillian Thomas Pratt.
Biographical / historical:

American--1

Physical description:
Paper
Physical facet:
Price tags
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:

47.20.348

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.