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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK August 18, 1937 #G-3 Rectangular miniature picture frame by CARL G. FABERGE [sic], the celebrated Russian Court jeweler. It is executed from gold-gilt silver and is enameled over a chased (guilloche) surface in a very beautiful shade of rose. Borders of wreath design frame the enameled ground, while the opening for the picture is enclosed with beadwork. The back is paneled [sic] with ivory. From the Youssoupoff collection. Originally it was presented to the Princess Youssoupoff by the Empress Maria Feodorovna.

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Transcription: [double-headed eagle] G. 5. Miniature picture frame by CARL G. FABERGE, the Russian Court jeweler. It is executed in unusually small dimensions in solid gold with a jade center surrounding the tiny opening for a picture. Concentric fluted gold rims separate these areas. The jade is of a dark spotted green and in contrast to it a pale mauve enamel is employed everlaid [sic] by an interweaving green-gold wreath. At top a ribbon with bow and loose ends is fixed bearing a ruby in the center. It is mounted with a gold easel. $275.00

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK August 18, 1937 #G-5 Miniature picture frame by CARL G. FABERGE [sic], the celebrated Russian Court jeweler. It is executed in unusually small dimensions in solid gold with a jade center surrounding the tiny opening for a picture. Concentric fluted gold rims separate these areas. The jade is of a dark, spotted green and in contrast to it, a pale mauve enamel is employed overlaid by an interweaving green-gold wreath. At top, a ribbon with bow and loose ends is fixed, bearing a ruby in the center. It is mounted with a gold easel. Originally in the collection of the Countess Brassoff.

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] The Schaffer Collection of Russian Imperial Art Treasures ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK August 18, 1937 #G-8 A miniature icon by CARL G. FABERGE [sic], the celebrated Russian Court jeweler. It is in the form of a triptych and is very simply panelled [sic] on the exterior with a dark wood bearing a four-petaled [sic] catch centered by an emerald. It opens to disclose a solid gold interior. The three panels are executed in a brilliant yellow gold bearing three Russian arch-shaped panels bordered by pearls. The yellow-gold ground bears arabesques of filigree and is studded at significant points in the design with emeralds, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds. The central panel frames "The Resurrection." Against a dark background, the figure of Christ appears holding aloft a pennant. His form radiates light and in the foreground, two angels kneel. It is an extremely fine painting for a miniature and is complete in every detail. It is surmounted by a Russian Cross studded with emeralds and rubies. The inscription on the left panel reads as follows: "Resurrection of Thine, O Christ, Saviour, about which the Angels sing in Heaven." And on the right panel: "And we on Earth try to be worthy to glorify Thee." Originally in the collection of the Countess Brassoff.

Transcription: [double-headed eagle] #G. 8. A miniature icon by CARL G. FABERGE, the Russian court jeweler. It is in the form of triptych and very simply on the exterior is paneled with a dark wood bearing a four-petaled catch centered by an emerald. It opens to disclose a solid gold interior. The three panels are executed in a brilliant yellow gold bearing three Russian arch-shaped panels bordered by pearls. The yellow-gold ground bears arabesques of the filigree and studded at significant points in the design are emeralds, rubies, sapphires, and diamonds. The central panel frames "The Resurrection". Against a dark background the figure of Christ appears holding aloft a pennant. His form radiates light and in the foreground two angels kneel. It is an extremely small painting even for a miniature but is complete in every detail. At top there is the Russian cross studded with emeralds and rubies. $1500.00 The inscription is as follows: Left panel: "Resurrection of Thine, O Christ, Savior, about which the Angels sing in Heaven. Right panel: and we on Earth try to be worthy to glorify Thee."

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Transcription: NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1936 Grand Duchess Victoria Dead; Lived as the 'Empress of Russia' Sister of Queen Marie and Cousin of George V, Victim of Stroke Near Munich By The United Press MUNICH, Germany, March 2.— Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna, wife of Grand Duke Cyril of Russia, head of the Romanoff family and self-described Czar of All the Russias, died today of an apoplectic stroke at the castle of her daughter, Princess Maria von Leiningen, in Amorbach, Lower Franconia. She was fifty-nine years old. The Grand Duchess, a sister or Dowager Queen Marie of Rumania and a first cousin of the late King George V of England, will be buried in Coburg, Germany, where she and the Grand Duke have maintained a court since 1924. King Carol of Rumania and representatives of King Edward VIII and of Marie, the Queen Mother of Jugoslavia, will attend. Ten days ago the Grand Duchess was stricken with pneumonia when she went to the bedside of her daughter, who had just given birth to a son. As soon as her condition became grave her three sisters, the Dowager Queen Marie; the Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and the Infanta Beatriz of Bourbon-Orleans, hastened to Amorbach. The Grand Duke Cyril, a cousin of the late Czar Nicholas II, who was on a holiday in his retreat in Brittany, also rushed back to Germany, arriving soon before his wife's death. He telegraphed the news to the various courts of Europe. Today the court of Jugoslavia, by decree of King Peter II, ordered a month of mourning. […]

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