Lot Essay
This unusual design appears to find its source from Hieronymous Bosch's 'Garden of Delight', see Snowman, K.A. Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia, London 1979, p. 47, ill.
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MARKED WITH UNRECORDED WORKMASTER'S INITIALS AK, ASSAY WORKMASTER'S INITIALS AO, 1891
Details
A JEWELLED PARCEL-GILT CHARKA SHAPED AS A BIRD
marked with unrecorded workmaster's initials AK, assay workmaster's initials AO, 1891
Of rounded form, with cabochon red stone eyes, the tiger eye beak set with a silver-mounted redstone cabochon, with silver-gilt claw feet, gilt interior, marked on the reverse
1 1/3in. (4.5cm.) high
marked with unrecorded workmaster's initials AK, assay workmaster's initials AO, 1891
Of rounded form, with cabochon red stone eyes, the tiger eye beak set with a silver-mounted redstone cabochon, with silver-gilt claw feet, gilt interior, marked on the reverse
1 1/3in. (4.5cm.) high
Provenance
DuMouchelles Art Gallery, Detroit, 20 October 1991, lot 1329
Literature
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York, 1999, p. 236, ill. p. 237
Exhibited
Houston, Museum of Natural Science, The World of Fabergé: Russian Gems and Jewels, 1994, no cat.
Albuquerque, The Museum of Natural History and Science, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1996, no cat.
Albuquerque, The Museum of Natural History and Science, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1996, no cat.
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