BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Details
A bowenite Model of an Elephant
by Fabergé, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Humorously carved as a circus elephant balancing on its trunk, with red stone eyes, apparently unmarked
2¼in. (5.7cm.) long
by Fabergé, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Humorously carved as a circus elephant balancing on its trunk, with red stone eyes, apparently unmarked
2¼in. (5.7cm.) long
Provenance
Lord Ivar Mountbatten (see note to lot 40)
Exhibited
Munich, Kunsthalle der Kulturstiftung, Fabergé Hofjuwelier der Zaren (1986-1987), no.338.