Parasol Handle

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 9, Item SC07.02.3.129

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] PARASOL HANDLE Parasol handle of gold in graceful tapering shape, created by the celebrated court jeweler to Tsars Aleksandr III and Nikolai II, Carl Faberge. The sides and top are divided into five sections of rose champ-leve [sic: champlevé] enamel, with moss agate effects, over a field of guilloche work, and outlined in white enamel, each centered with a diamond. The crown of the handle is rimmed with diamonds, and the top is set with a large diamond surrounded by small ones. The neck, also of rose enamel banded with diamonds, is applied with criss-cross leaf motifs, each set with a diamond. It is hallmarked with the initials of Faberge's [sic] leading workmaster, Mikhail Perchin; the number "56" denoting the Russian equivalent of 14 kt. gold; and the device of the St. Petersburg assay office, crossed anchors and sceptre. From the collection of Prince Aleksandr Romanovski, Duke of Leuchtenberg. Mrs. John L. Pratt December 6, 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:

47.20.186

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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