Lot Essay
For a similar model of a chick in rose-quartz see Christie's London, The Robert Strauss Collection, 9 March, 1976, lot 44
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A GOLD-MOUNTED GEMSET QUARTZ AND TIGER'S EYE MODEL OF A CHICK
by Fabergé, circa 1880
Realistically carved as a chick, the striated stone used to form a tiger's eye back and tail, with realistically chased and engraved legs and with cabochon ruby eyes, in original fitted case stamped Fabergé, with the Imperial Warrant, St. Petersburg, Moscow - 3.4 cm high
by Fabergé, circa 1880
Realistically carved as a chick, the striated stone used to form a tiger's eye back and tail, with realistically chased and engraved legs and with cabochon ruby eyes, in original fitted case stamped Fabergé, with the Imperial Warrant, St. Petersburg, Moscow - 3.4 cm high