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, illustrated.
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MARKED FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ANNA RINGE, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1896, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 2661
Details
A jewelled gold and silver-mounted charka shaped as a bird
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Anna Ringe, St. Petersburg, circa 1896, with scratched inventory number 2661
Of rounded form, with gold-mounted cabochon red stone eyes, nephrite beak and claw feet, engraved with the Russian inscription 'Christmas Tree, 4 January 1897', marked on the reverse
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Anna Ringe, St. Petersburg, circa 1896, with scratched inventory number 2661
Of rounded form, with gold-mounted cabochon red stone eyes, nephrite beak and claw feet, engraved with the Russian inscription 'Christmas Tree, 4 January 1897', marked on the reverse
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 11 December 1985, lot 126, bought by A La Vieille Russie as agent
The Forbes Collection
The Forbes Collection
Literature
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, pp. 236-227, illustrated.
Exhibited
Lugano, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Fabergé Fantasies from the Forbes Magazine Collection, 1987, no. 53, p. 66, illustrated.
Paris, Museé Jacquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 53, p. 66, illustrated.
Zurich, Museum Belelrive, Carl Fabergé: Kostbrakeiten Russicher Goldschmiedekunst der Jahrhundertwende, 1989, no. 37, p. 127, p. 4, pl.9, illustrated.
London, Ermitage, Fabergé Imperial Presents, 1987, no cat.
New Jersey, Pingry School, Fabergé Silver from Teh Forbes Magazine Collection, 1990, no cat.
London, Sotheby's, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection,, 1991, no. 25, p. 32
Copenhagen, Sotheby's, Fabergé Silver from the Forbes Magazinve Collection, 1991, no cat.
Vienna, Naturistoriches Museum, Treasures from the Czars, 1991, p. 65, illustrated.
Houston, Houston Museum of Natural Science, The World of Fabergé: Russian Gems and Jewels, 1994.
Albuquerque, The Museum of Natural History and Science, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1996, no cat.
Paris, Museé Jacquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 53, p. 66, illustrated.
Zurich, Museum Belelrive, Carl Fabergé: Kostbrakeiten Russicher Goldschmiedekunst der Jahrhundertwende, 1989, no. 37, p. 127, p. 4, pl.9, illustrated.
London, Ermitage, Fabergé Imperial Presents, 1987, no cat.
New Jersey, Pingry School, Fabergé Silver from Teh Forbes Magazine Collection, 1990, no cat.
London, Sotheby's, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection,, 1991, no. 25, p. 32
Copenhagen, Sotheby's, Fabergé Silver from the Forbes Magazinve Collection, 1991, no cat.
Vienna, Naturistoriches Museum, Treasures from the Czars, 1991, p. 65, illustrated.
Houston, Houston Museum of Natural Science, The World of Fabergé: Russian Gems and Jewels, 1994.
Albuquerque, The Museum of Natural History and Science, Fabergé Silver from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1996, no cat.
Special notice
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