BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Details
A BOWENITE AND RUBY MODEL OF AN ELEPHANT
by Fabergé, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Realistically carved, the elephant partially seated with the tip of his trunk raised, with cabochon ruby eyes
2½in. (6.5cm.) long
by Fabergé, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Realistically carved, the elephant partially seated with the tip of his trunk raised, with cabochon ruby eyes
2½in. (6.5cm.) long
Provenance
Lord Ivar Mountbatten
Literature
M.Y. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par Fabergé, (Paris, 1996), no.147.
Exhibited
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé, Hofjuwelier der Zaren, (1986), no.330 illustrated.