1343, 1937

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 6, Item SC07.01.5.095

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 January 1, 1937 #1343 Very fine Easter egg cut out of a blue agate and decorated with a continuous motif of sprigs of four-pointed flowers and leaves cut out of silver and set with a myriad of tiny diamonds. It is a signed piece by "Carl G. Fabergé", the celebrated Russian court jeweler who is today so often referred to as the "Cellini of the 19th 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:

47.20.126

Names:

Schaffer Collection

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

Access and use