RH-5214/45

Containers:
Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 9, Item SC07.02.3.075
Creator:
Hammer Galleries
Extent:
1 page
Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] Article No. RH-5214/45 Unusually handsome Easter egg charm of gold. A fillet of diamonds separates a petal decoration from the upper part of the egg in which a solitaire diamond is set. A cabochon sapphire is set at the base. It was designed by the celebrated court jeweler to Nicholai II, Carl Fabergé, and is hall-marked number "56", the Russian equivalent of 14 karat gold. From the apartments of Grand Duchess Tatiana Nicholaevna, second daughter of Nicholai II, in the Alexander Palace, Tsarskoye Selo. Mrs. J.L. Pratt February 1, 1938 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, Hammer Galleries, Fifth Avenue

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

Related material:

47.20.65

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
VMFA Archives
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Margaret R. and Robert M. Freeman Library
200 N. Arthur Ashe Boulevard
Richmond, VA 23220-4007
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Roxanne Winfield
Phone: (804) 340-1497
Phone: (804) 340-1495
Terms of access:

No Copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en

Parent restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Digitization of the collection has been made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The digital collection can be accessed through the VMFA Collections Search website.

Parent terms of access:
No Copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
Preferred citation:

Lillian Thomas Pratt Personal Papers (SC-07). VMFA Archives, Richmond, Virginia.