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BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Details
A JEWELLED BOWENITE MODEL OF A FROG
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Humoristically carved as a seated frog, with its head tilted eating a worm, its eyes set with diamonds of brown tint, apparently unmarked
1 7⁄8 in. (4.8 cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Humoristically carved as a seated frog, with its head tilted eating a worm, its eyes set with diamonds of brown tint, apparently unmarked
1 7⁄8 in. (4.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 November 1974, lot 121.
Literature
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 1986, p. 205, no. 365 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. Kostbarkeiten Russischer Goldschmiedekunst der Jahrkunderwende, Zurich, 1989, p. 148, no. 148 (listed).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, Stockholm, 1997, p. 110, no. 43 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 306, no. 810 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Japonisme: from Falize to Fabergé, London, 2011, p. 107, no. 197 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 138, no. 116 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. Kostbarkeiten Russischer Goldschmiedekunst der Jahrkunderwende, Zurich, 1989, p. 148, no. 148 (listed).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, Stockholm, 1997, p. 110, no. 43 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 306, no. 810 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Japonisme: from Falize to Fabergé, London, 2011, p. 107, no. 197 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 138, no. 116 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Munich, Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé, 5 December 1986 - 8 March 1987, no. 365.
New York, Habsburg, Feldman, The Josiane Woolf Fabergé Collection, 3 - 9 November 1988, no. 21.
Zurich, Museum Bellerive, Carl Fabergé. Kostbarkeiten Russischer Goldschmiedekunst der Jahrkunderwende, 31 May - September 1989, no. 148.
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, 6 - 19 October 1997, no. 43.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 810.
London, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 10 - 20 May 2011, no. 197.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 133.
New York, Habsburg, Feldman, The Josiane Woolf Fabergé Collection, 3 - 9 November 1988, no. 21.
Zurich, Museum Bellerive, Carl Fabergé. Kostbarkeiten Russischer Goldschmiedekunst der Jahrkunderwende, 31 May - September 1989, no. 148.
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, 6 - 19 October 1997, no. 43.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 810.
London, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 10 - 20 May 2011, no. 197.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 133.
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