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BY FABERGÉ, MODELLER BORIS FREDMAN CLUZEL, PETROGRAD, 1916, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 25724
Details
A VERY RARE AND IMPORTANT HARDSTONE MODEL OF A STREET PAINTER
BY FABERGÉ, MODELLER BORIS FREDMAN CLUZEL, PETROGRAD, 1916, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 25724
Humorously carved, the face and hands of cacholong, the cap and boots of jasper, the shirt of purpurine, the trousers of lapis lazuli, holding two silver-mounted brushes of lapis lazuli and rhodonite over his right shoulder, with a jasper bucket on his back with a wirework silver handle, the interior of the bucket set with lapis lazuli, the eyes set with sapphires, engraved 'Fabergé 1916' under left foot, and number 'N25724' under right foot; in the original fitted Fabergé wooden case
5 ¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, MODELLER BORIS FREDMAN CLUZEL, PETROGRAD, 1916, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 25724
Humorously carved, the face and hands of cacholong, the cap and boots of jasper, the shirt of purpurine, the trousers of lapis lazuli, holding two silver-mounted brushes of lapis lazuli and rhodonite over his right shoulder, with a jasper bucket on his back with a wirework silver handle, the interior of the bucket set with lapis lazuli, the eyes set with sapphires, engraved 'Fabergé 1916' under left foot, and number 'N25724' under right foot; in the original fitted Fabergé wooden case
5 ¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Emanuel Nobel (1859-1932).
Private Swedish Collection; Christie's, London, 25 November 2003, lot 83.
Private Swedish Collection; Christie's, London, 25 November 2003, lot 83.
Literature
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Munich, 1986, p. 86, no. 38 (listed).
T. Fabergé, V. Skurlov, The History of the House of Fabergé According to the Recollection of the Senior Work Master of the Firm, Franz P. Birbaum, St Petersburg, 1992, p. 30.
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Tsar, Stockholm, 1997, p. 98, no. 22 (illustrated).
T. Fabergé, A. Gorina, V. Skurlov, Fabergé and the St. Petersburg Jewellers, St Petersburg, 1997, pp. 590, 596, 598.
T. Fabergé, V. Skurlov, V. Ilyukhin, K. Fabergé and His Followers, 2009, p. 46, no. 44 (illustrated).
T. Fabergé, V. Skurlov, The History of the House of Fabergé According to the Recollection of the Senior Work Master of the Firm, Franz P. Birbaum, St Petersburg, 1992, p. 30.
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Tsar, Stockholm, 1997, p. 98, no. 22 (illustrated).
T. Fabergé, A. Gorina, V. Skurlov, Fabergé and the St. Petersburg Jewellers, St Petersburg, 1997, pp. 590, 596, 598.
T. Fabergé, V. Skurlov, V. Ilyukhin, K. Fabergé and His Followers, 2009, p. 46, no. 44 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Stockholm, National Museum, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, 1997, p. 98, no. 22.
Brought to you by
Margo Oganesian
Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art