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MARKED FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 48455
Details
A JEWELLED TWO-COLOR GOLD BOWENITE EGG
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890, with scratched inventory number 48455
The bowenite egg applied all around by two-color gold laurel-leaf swags surmounted on each side by two ruby and rose-cut diamond ribbon bows and four gold-mounted split-pearls, enclosing on a swivel hinge a later miniature portrait of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna within a gold greek key pattern frame, on four gold chased hoof feet, marked on three feet and on the reverse of the frame
3¼in. (8.3cm.) high
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890, with scratched inventory number 48455
The bowenite egg applied all around by two-color gold laurel-leaf swags surmounted on each side by two ruby and rose-cut diamond ribbon bows and four gold-mounted split-pearls, enclosing on a swivel hinge a later miniature portrait of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna within a gold greek key pattern frame, on four gold chased hoof feet, marked on three feet and on the reverse of the frame
3¼in. (8.3cm.) high
Provenance
A La Vieille Russie, New York
Literature
Forbes, Septmeber 1st 1971, p. 34, ill. Waterfield, H. & Forbes, C. Fabergé Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies, New York, 1978, no. 12, pp. 34, 130, 135, ill. p. 35 Poindexter, J. "Collection of Imperial Splendors" United Mainliner, October, 1979, p. 67, ill.
von Solodkoff, A. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, p. 186, ill.
Forbes, M. More Than I Dreamed, New York, 1989, p. 222, ill.
Hill, G. Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, p. 61, ill. plate no. 61
Prat, V. "La collection d'oeufs de Pâques de l'excentrique Mr. Forbes" Figaro Magazine, no. 48, April, 1990, p. 81, ill.
Booth, J. The Art of Fabergé, New Jersey, 1990, pp. 85, 111, ill. Manroe, C. Ord. Decorative Eggs, New York, 1992, pp. 85, 91, ill. p. 87
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 75, ill. p. 74
von Solodkoff, A. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, p. 186, ill.
Forbes, M. More Than I Dreamed, New York, 1989, p. 222, ill.
Hill, G. Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, p. 61, ill. plate no. 61
Prat, V. "La collection d'oeufs de Pâques de l'excentrique Mr. Forbes" Figaro Magazine, no. 48, April, 1990, p. 81, ill.
Booth, J. The Art of Fabergé, New Jersey, 1990, pp. 85, 111, ill. Manroe, C. Ord. Decorative Eggs, New York, 1992, pp. 85, 91, ill. p. 87
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 75, ill. p. 74
Exhibited
New York, The New York Cultural Center, Fabergé from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1978, no. 9, p. 42, ill.
Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts, The Imperial Easter Eggs from the House of Fabergé, 1979, unumbered Virginia/Minneapolis/Chicago, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Fabergé, Selections from the Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 91, p. 16
Fort Worth, The Kimbell Art Museum, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 182
Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1984, no. 142
Edinburgh/Aberdeen, The Fine Art Society, Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum, Fabergé and the Edwardians, 1987, no. 10, ill.
Rochester, The Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Small Wonders: The Fantastic Voyage into Miniatures World, 1995
Maryland, Government House, Maryland Blossoms in the Arts, 1997, pp. 4, 7, ill. p. 4
Charleston, Middleton Place Foundation, Masterpieces in Gold, 2000 Tucson, Tucson Gem and Mineral Society at the Tucson Convention Center, Fabergé, 2001
Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts, The Imperial Easter Eggs from the House of Fabergé, 1979, unumbered Virginia/Minneapolis/Chicago, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Fabergé, Selections from the Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 91, p. 16
Fort Worth, The Kimbell Art Museum, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 182
Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1984, no. 142
Edinburgh/Aberdeen, The Fine Art Society, Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museum, Fabergé and the Edwardians, 1987, no. 10, ill.
Rochester, The Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum, Small Wonders: The Fantastic Voyage into Miniatures World, 1995
Maryland, Government House, Maryland Blossoms in the Arts, 1997, pp. 4, 7, ill. p. 4
Charleston, Middleton Place Foundation, Masterpieces in Gold, 2000 Tucson, Tucson Gem and Mineral Society at the Tucson Convention Center, Fabergé, 2001