1576

Containers:
Binder SC-07 Binder 1, Page Unknown, Item SC07.01.4.037
Creator:
Schaffer Collection
Extent:
1 item
Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #1576 A pin by CARL G. FABERGE in the Egyptian style formed of a large scarab cut from a spinel ruby enclosed with conventionalized lotus flowers in blue enamel with diamond stems, large diamond center and gold and silver mounting. A superb example of the work of the celebrated Russian Court jeweler who is today so often referred to as the "Cellini of the 19th Century." From the personal belongings of Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia. $1200.00

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:

47.20.143

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.