509

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 5, Item SC07.01.5.076

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 August 26, 1936 #509 Exceptionally beautiful handle carved of a single amethyst set in a gold mounting and forming an exquisite terminal to a parasol. The amethyst, beautifully carved, consists of two shells placed together on a Russian capital. The gold mounting, so typical of "Fabergé's" workmanship, is intricately embellished with a repeating design punctuated all over with diamonds and enameled a lovely translucent pink. The piece, combining as it does two shades of gold, is exquisitely bordered with two rows of diamonds superbly demonstrating the infinite amount of craftsmanship employed in a "Fabergé" creation. It is the work of the famous Russian artist "Carl Fabergé", court jeweler to the Czar of Russia, who was so often termed the "Cellini of the nineteenth century" because of his unusually fine craftsmanship. Originally in the collection of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, 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:

47.20.193

Names:

Schaffer Collection

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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