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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK May 20, 1936 #533 A very fine cane handle of pale reddish jade in a solid gold setting, paneled and enameled in matte white. Superimposed over the surface are crossed arrows of gold, each of which bears in the center a deep-red cabochon-cut Ural stone. By "Carl Fabergé", court jeweler to the Russian Imperial family, who is today so often referred to as the "Cellini of the nineteenth century." From the collection of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia.

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK May 20, 1936 #533 duplicate A very fine cane handle of pale reddish jade in a solid gold setting, paneled and enameled in matte white. Superimposed over the surface are crossed arrows of gold, each of which bears in the center a deep-red cabochon-cut Ural stone. By "Carl Fabergé", court jeweler to the Russian Imperial family, who is today so often referred to as the "Cellini of the nineteenth century." From the collection of the Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia.

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK May 20, 1936 #535 A very fine solid gold parasol handle of elongated pear shape, enameled in a most unusual shade of pink over a chased surface which imparts a scintillating tint of lavender. A gold band dividing the enameled area into panels is chased with a wreath design of green gold, punctuated with tiny rosettes in red gold. In the top a diamond is inset, and about the rim a lapis blue band is enameled. Made by "Carl Fabergé", the celebrated Russian Court jeweler who is today so often referred to as the "Cellini of the nineteenth century." From the collection of the Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia.

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK May 20, 1936 #535 duplicate A very fine solid gold parasol handle of elongated pear shape, enameled in a most unusual shade of pink over a chased surface which imparts a scintillating tint of lavender. A gold band dividing the enameled area into panels is chased with a wreath design of green gold, punctuated with tiny rosettes in red gold. In the top a diamond is inset, and about the rim a lapis blue band is enameled. Made by "Carl Fabergé", the celebrated Russian Court jeweler who is today so often referred to as the "Cellini of the nineteenth century." From the collection of the Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia.

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK OCTOBER 29, 1936 #536 Very fine handle of attractive simplicity composed of a beautifully shaped and polished piece of nephrite in a gold mounting. This mount, which forms the connection between the handle proper and the body of the cane is of hand-hammered yellow gold and is bordered at top and bottom with two green gold wreaths. It is the work of the famous Russian artist "Carl Fabergé", court jeweler to the Czar of Russia, who is often termed the "Cellini of the nineteenth century." Originally in the collection of the Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia.

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK April 9, 1936 #537 Exceptionally fine cane handle of pale green nephrite, exquisitely designed with an open-work gold mounting of rococco [sic] scrolls and tiny flowers in two shades of gold. The rim is studded with a row of diamonds. Made by the famous artist and court jeweler "Carl Fabergé", who is today so often referred to as the "Cellini of the nineteenth century." Originally in the collection of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia.

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK OCTOBER 29, 1936 #538 "Fabergé" handle executed in a most unusual manner of soft green nephrite in the shape of an egg affixed to a hand-hammered cylindrical gold mounting. Starting from this mount and entwined over the egg-shaped surface, there is a golden snake, chased in all the precision of its naturalistic details. Originally in the collection of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia.

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK July 28, 1936 #539 A very unusual and rare red Russian nephrite cane handle carved in the shape of a duck's head. It is mounted in vari-colored gold which is partly chased and enameled in beautiful translucent green and matte white and set with small diamonds. Made by the famous Russian artist "Carl Fabergé", court jeweler to the Czar of Russia, who has so often been termed the "Cellini of the nineteenth century." From the collection of the Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia.