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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures Rockefeller Center, New York January 1, 1937 #1343 Very fine Easter egg cut out of a blue agate and decorated with a continuous motif of sprigs of four-pointed flowers and leaves cut out of silver and set with a myriad of tiny diamonds. It is a signed piece by "Carl G. Fabergé", the celebrated Russian court jeweler who is today so often referred to as the "Cellini of the 19th century."

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #1350 Paper knife of richly grained tortoise shell of unusual personal interest mounted with a solid gold facsimile reproduction of the inscription: "For Dear Alix (the Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna) from Misha." (Grand Duke Michael, brother of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia). From the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoye Selo. $150.00

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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures Rockefeller Center, New York January 1, 1937 #1364 An exceptionally choice fantaisie by "Carl G. Fabergé", the celebrated Russian court jeweler. Signed and in the original case, this unique tray of gold gilt silver is mounted with a stand to which is attached an ivory swing on which perches a paraquet [sic] cut directly out of a rare brilliantly colored agate, the natural markings of which delineate the feathers in the minutest detail. Emeralds are set in for the eyes and the whole presents an astonishingly life-like aspect. On either side of the swing tiny containers hold the golden kernels of birdseed.

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures Rockefeller Center, New York January 1, 1937 #1367 A circular gold box signed by "Carl G. Fabergé", the celebrated Russian court jeweler. It is enameled brilliant red over a broad guilloche line pattern, and mounted with intricate little vari-colored gold motifs of interlaced wreaths and rosettes having diamond centers. Five wreaths ornament the cover and frame a portrait of Catherine the Great which is dated 1773.

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures Rockefeller Center, New York March 19, 1937 #1464 Miniature picture frame by CARL G. FABERGE cut from lapis lazuli in a quaint design, the bright blue surface overlaid with a vine-like wreath of tiny flowers executed in the greatest delicacy from green, reddish and yellow gold. It is set with three diamonds. The actual opening for the picture is bordered with pearls. From the Alexander Palace at Tsarskoye Selo.

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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures Rockefeller Center, New York December 3, 1934 #150 A most exceptional blue and silver brocade cope, with an all-over "Baroque" floral and leaf design woven in silver threads which will never tarnish, as they were treated with an unknown process which is today a lost art. It is bordered with a very fine hand-made silver lace of the period. Russian, 18th century. From the private collection of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, wife of Nicholas II, the late Czar of Russia. From the Alexandrovsky Palace at Tsarskoye Selo.

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK October 1, 1937 #1509 "The Cathedral", a most important nineteenth century Russian icon painted in the miniature technique on gold over silver. Against a ground of geometrical chasing, the various figures are painted with flowing gowns of white, purple, red, and bluish-green, with their haloes inscribed in the Old Slavonic. In the clouds, the Holy Virgin stands, her halo emanating rays of light, with kneeling saints and angels on either side. Below Her, appear, left; Czar Lev, and St. Czarina Zoia; center, St. Roman; right, St. Epiphanie, St. Andrew, St. Martyr Lubov (the small figure in white), and the Archangel Michael. It is in the original frame of filigree, inset with the Russian enamel in jewel-like colors.