2457, 2461, 2467, 2474

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 6, Item SC07.01.5.165

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 #2457. Miniature Easter egg of rock crystal, finely etched with four four-leaf clovers, in the center of each of which is a ruby or an emerald. #2461. Miniature gold Easter egg enameled over a chased (guilloché) surface in a rich red, with a gold band running around its side. #2467. Miniature gold Easter egg enameled over a chased (guilloché) surface in a pale apple green. Superimposed are two white matte enameled lilies with leaves. #2474. Miniature gold Easter egg, very simple in design. Its sole decoration consists of a calyx outlined at the top in deep ultramarine blue enamel. They are by CARL G. FABERGE, the well-known Russian Court jeweler, and are from the belongings of the Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicholaiovna, the second 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:

47.20.119, 47.20.114, 47.20.120, 47.20.125

Names:

Schaffer Collection

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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