804

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 5, Item SC07.01.5.066

Creator:

Schaffer Collection

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK April 11, 1936 #804 A very beautiful brooch in the shape of a laurel wreath exquisitely cut out of green and a reddish gold and studded with many small diamonds which form a part of the design. The center bears the monogram "M" and crown, in diamonds, of the Grand Duchess Maria, executed with two cabochon-cut rubies with the Cross on top. It is a very good example of the superb workmanship of "Carl Fabergé," celebrated Russian Court jeweler who is today so often referred to as the "Cellini of the nineteenth Century." From the personal belongings of Maria Nicholaiovna, third daughter of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia.

Mrs. John L. Pratt

Language:

English

Acquisition information:

Gift of Lillian Thomas Pratt.

Biographical / historical:

American--1

Physical description:

Paper

Physical facet:

Sales records

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:

47.20.141

Names:

Schaffer Collection

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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