A PURPURINE MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT

BY BRITZIN, CIRCA 1890

Details

A PURPURINE MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT
by Britzin, circa 1890
Humoristically modelled with cabachon ruby eyes
1¼in. (3.2cm.) long

Provenance

Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, thence by descent

Exhibited

Munich, Kunsthalle of the Hypo Kulturstiftung, Fabergé, 1986, n. 583, illustrated.

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