5687

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 8, Item SC07.02.3.045

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] RUSSIAN IMPERIAL TREASURES Article No. 5687 Easter Egg of Orletz or Eagle stone, decorated with gold and silver mountings, and bearing an inlaid monogram and crown of Maria Feodorovna, Dowager Empress and mother of the last czar, Nicholai II. The egg is shaped of this rare Ural stone, named after the Russian Eagle in the Imperial Grinding Factory in Ekaterinburg. Made by the famous court jeweler Faberge. From the quarters of the Grand Duchess Tatiana in the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo, to whom this gift was presented by Maria Feodorovna, her grandmother. Grand Duchess Tatiana was the second daughter of Nicholai II.

Mrs. J. L. Pratt June 21st, 1935.

FROM THE HAMMER COLLECTION – 682 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK

Language:

English

Acquisition information:

Gift of Lillian Thomas Pratt.

Biographical / historical:

American--1

Physical description:

Paper

Physical facet:

Sales records

Other descriptive data:

Hammer Collection, Russian Imperial Treasures, Fifth Avenue

Digitization of the Lillian Thomas Pratt Archives has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Related material:

47.20.69

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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