BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 23908

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A JEWELED BLOODSTONE MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT
BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 23908
Realistically modeled as a standing elephant, with incurved trunk, with cabochon ruby eyes, the front left foot engraved 'C. Fabergé' on underside
1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) long

Provenance

With A La Vieille Russie, New York.
Acquired by Annie Laurie Aitken (1900-1984) and Russell Barnett Aitken (1910-2002) from the above, 1960s.

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Lot Essay

A comparable rhodonite elephant with the scratched inventory number '23905' and a similar Fabergé signature on the underside of a foot was sold at Bonhams, London, 5 June 2019, lot 102. The rhodonite elephant was listed in the inventory of Fabergé works confiscated from the Moscow branch. It was sold by the Bolsheviks in 1919 for 525 roubles.

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