RH-5408/12

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 9, Item SC07.02.3.099

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] Article No. RH-5408/12 Stalk of small asters, the blossoms carved in polished chalcedony, with gold centers, emerald set. Calyxes are of green chalcedony, toning with the serrated leaves fashioned in Siberian nephrite. The branch and extending short stems, joined irregularly with tiny leaflets, rise from a pot of jasper. Wide gold bands encircle top and bottom of the container, the material of which, predominately brick-toned, shows platinum grains, throughout. It may be noted that jasper and lapis lazuli from the Ural mountains frequently carried particles of precious metals. The lower portion of the stem is fully hallmarked with the name, in Russian, of the master-creator of this little fantasy, "Fabergé". Present also are the initials of one of his outstanding artists Henrik Wigstroem; and the numeral "72" denoting the Russian equivalent of 18kt. gold. From the collection of a member of the Russian Imperial Family. Mrs. John L. Pratt February 24, 1939 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:

47.20.230

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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