RH-5408/11

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 9, Item SC07.02.3.100

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] Article No. RH-5408/11 Miniature jeweled flower fantasy representing a rose plant imbedded in gold soil within a pot of grey-brown agate, banded in gold. Bud-like blossoms of quartz surmount slender stalks of gold, realistically modeled in detail with thorns along their length. Myriad small leaves in Siberian nephrite point upwards or cluster on drooping stems at the top of the container. The little jeweled object, created by Carl Fabergé, eminent jeweler at the court of St. Petersburg, is fully hallmarked with his name; the initials of one of his ablest 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:

47.20.229

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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