AN IMPERIAL VARI-COLORED SILVER-GILT AND BOWENITE REVOLVING PICTURE FRAME

MARKED FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JOHAN VICTOR AARNE, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1896, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 59853

Details

AN IMPERIAL VARI-COLORED SILVER-GILT AND BOWENITE REVOLVING PICTURE FRAME
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Johan Victor Aarne, St. Petersburg, circa 1896, with scratched inventory number 59853
On raised circular bowenite base with silver-gilt acanthus leaf and reeded rims, the eight double photograph frames with silver-gilt laurel-leaf rims with a rosette at each corner, fixed to a central pivot surmounted by a stylized urn with ribbon-tied laurel swags and surmounted by an acorn, on three foliate scroll feet, fully marked, in a original mahogany fitted case stamped 'Fabergé, St. Petersburg, Moscow with Imperial warrant'
9in. (22.8cm.) high

Provenance

Empress Marie Feodorovna
Property of a European Royal House Christie's Geneva, 19 November 1979, lot 349 bought by A La Vieille Russie as agent

Literature

Kelly, M. "Frames by Fabergé in the Forbes Magazine Collection", Arts in Virginia, 1982/83, pp. 5, 9, ill. nos. 1, 5
von Solodkoff, A. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, p. 170, ill.
Forbes, C. "Imperial Treasure: A Modern Czar's Son Tells of the Great Easter Egg Hunt", Art & Antiques, April 1986, p. 57, ill. pl. no. 132
Connaissance des Arts, 1993, p. 50, ill.
von Habsburg, G. & Lopato, M. Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, New York, 1994, no. 78, p. 230, ill.
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 109, ill. p. 108

Exhibited

Virginia/Minneapolis/Chicago, Virgina Museum of Fine Arts, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Fabergé Selections from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 29, p. 13
Fort Worth, The Kimbell Art Museum, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 53
Munich, Kuntshalle der Hypokulturstiftung, Fabergé, Juwelier der Zaren, 1986/87, no. 278, p. 183, ill.
Lugano, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Fabergé Fantasies from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1987, no. 41, p. 64, ill.
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 41, p. 60, ill.
London, Ermitage, Fabergé Imperial Presents, 1987, no cat.
London, Sotheby's, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1991, no. 4, p. 12, ill. pp. 12, 13
Copenhagen, Sotheby's, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1991, no cat.
Vienna, Naturistorisches Museum, Treasures from the Czars, 1991, p. 62, ill.
St. Petersburg/Paris/London, State Hermitage Museum, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Victoria and Albert Museum, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, 1993/94, no. 78, p. 230, ill.
New York/San Francisco/Richmond/New Orleans/Cleveland, Metropolitan Museum of Art, H.M. De Young Memorial Museum, Museum of Fine Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Fabergé in America, 1996/97, no. 251, p. 249, ill. p. 248

Lot Essay

The photographs represent:
1. The Prince of Wales (later King Edward VIII)
2. Four generations: King George V, Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary, Prince Christian IX of Denmark and the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII)
3. Prince Aage of Denmark, eldest son of Prince Waldemar and Princess Marie d'Orléans
4. Prince Vigo of Denmark, son of Prince Waldemar
5. Princess Margaret of Denmark, daughter of Prince Waldemar
6. Christian IX, King of Denmark
7. Queen Louise of Denmark, wife of King Christian IX, with her daughter the Duchess of Cumberland
8. King Christian IX with the Prince of Wales and Princess Margaret of Denmark
9. King George V, Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales
10. King George and Queen Mary
11. The Prince of Wales and Princess Margaret of Denmark
12. The Duchess of Cumberland with various members of her father's court
13. Queen Louise of Denmark with her grandson Prince George of Greece
14. Prince George of Greece at Bernstorf
15. Queen Louise, Prince Waldemar, Prince George of Greece and King Constantine of Greece
16. Queen Mary

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