1315

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 5, Item SC07.01.5.093

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 December 1, 1936 #1315 Very fine miniature picture frame, delicately designed with fluted and wreath design borders enclosing a chased (guilloche) surface, enameled brilliant orange. At the corners of the actual opening for the picture, pearls are set in, while on the enamel, circular wreaths are mounted, together with crossed arrows. By "Carl G. Fabergé", the celebrated jeweler to the Russian Imperial court, who is today so often referred to as the "Cellini of the nineteenth century."

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:

47.20.315

Names:

Schaffer Collection

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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