A RHODONITE MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT

BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

Details
A RHODONITE MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT
by Fabergé, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Realistically carved with his trunk lifted towards his mouth
1 1/8in (2.9cm.) long
Provenance
Baronne de la baronne van Nolcken, wife of the procurator general of St. Petersburg at the beginning of the century
Literature
M.Y. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par Fabergé, (Paris, 1996), no.148.