Lot Essay
For a comparable Fabergé model of an owl, see Christie's, Geneva, 12 November 1987, lot 609.
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BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
Details
A GEM-SET GOLD-MOUNTED GREY AGATE MODEL OF AN OWL
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
Realistically carved, with garnet-set eyes, also with chased and engraved rose gold feet, marked under feet; in a fitted Hammer Galleries wood case
1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
Realistically carved, with garnet-set eyes, also with chased and engraved rose gold feet, marked under feet; in a fitted Hammer Galleries wood case
1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high
Provenance
With Hammer Galleries, New York.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Peter Carl Fabergé Imperial Court Jeweler 1846-1920, Hammer Galleries, New York, 1951, p. 11, no. 36 (listed).
Exhibited
New York, Hammer Galleries, Peter Carl Fabergé Imperial Court Jeweler 1846-1920, 28 March-28 April, 1951, no. 36.
Special notice
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