1661
- Containers:
- Binder SC-07 Binder 1, Page Unknown, Item SC07.01.4.040
- Creator:
- Schaffer Collection
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Scope and content:
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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #1661 Small solid gold handle with sharply curved top, by CARL G. FABERGE, the Russian Court jeweler. It is executed in Fabergé's classic style with three shades of gold employed. The shaft is delicately fluted and is overlaid with a green gold festoon and diamond rosette. About it, a delicately carved green gold wreath design is chased. From the personal belongings of Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia. $250.00
- Language:
- English
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Lillian Thomas Pratt.
- Biographical / historical:
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American--1
- Physical description:
- Paper
- Physical facet:
- Price tags
- Other descriptive data:
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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.
- Names:
- Schaffer Collection
- Places:
- New York (N.Y.)
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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VMFA ArchivesVirginia Museum of Fine ArtsMargaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library200 N. Arthur Ashe BoulevardRichmond, VA 23220-4007
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Roxanne WinfieldEmail: roxanne.winfield@vmfa.museumPhone: (804) 340-1497Email: library@vmfa.museumPhone: (804) 340-1495Web: vmfa.museum
- Terms of access:
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No Copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
- Parent restrictions:
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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:
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Lillian Thomas Pratt Personal Papers (SC-07). VMFA Archives, Richmond, Virginia.