5808-1

Containers:

Box SC-07 Box 1, Folder 10, Item SC07.02.3.153

Creator:

Hammer Galleries

Extent:

1 page

Scope and content:

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] FRAME Square picture frame fashioned to contain a miniature. Hand-wrought in gold and applied on a guilloche field with transparent enamel in rich cobalt blue, the outer frame is developed in two tones of gold with a running border of leaves, and the inner fillet is bordered in pearls. The piece, made by Karl Faberge, jeweler to the last two Tsars of Russia, is finely hallmarked with the master's full name in Russian; with the initials "MP" of one of Faberge's ablest associates, Mikhail Perchin; the numeral "56" denoting the Russian equivalent of 14 kt. gold; and crossed anchors and sceptre device of St. Petersburg. The object bears as well the original order number, 58898. It is backed in ivory and provided with a gold easel rest and a loop for hanging. Number 5808-1 Mrs. John L. Pratt December 4, 1940 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:

47.20.321

Names:

Hammer Galleries

Places:

New York (N.Y.)

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