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A Treasured History: The Stream Family Collection
AN IMPORTANT IMPERIAL SILVER FRAME WITH THE PORTRAIT OF EMPEROR NICHOLAS II
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER PARTIALLY VISIBLE '171(?)'
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AN IMPORTANT IMPERIAL SILVER FRAME WITH THE PORTRAIT OF EMPEROR NICHOLAS II
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER PARTIALLY VISIBLE '171(?)'
Rectangular, cast with scrolling foliage and rocaille, with wooden back and strut, enclosing a portrait of Nicholas II in the uniform of the Life Guards Hussar Regiment by Dmitri Benckendorff (1844-1919), watercolor on paper laid on cardboard, signed lower right, marked on lower rims with ‘Fabergé’ in Cyrillic and workmaster’s initials
18 ¼ in. (46.3 cm.) high
31 oz. 18 dwt. (992 gr.) weighable silver
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER JULIUS RAPPOPORT, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER PARTIALLY VISIBLE '171(?)'
Rectangular, cast with scrolling foliage and rocaille, with wooden back and strut, enclosing a portrait of Nicholas II in the uniform of the Life Guards Hussar Regiment by Dmitri Benckendorff (1844-1919), watercolor on paper laid on cardboard, signed lower right, marked on lower rims with ‘Fabergé’ in Cyrillic and workmaster’s initials
18 ¼ in. (46.3 cm.) high
31 oz. 18 dwt. (992 gr.) weighable silver
Provenance
Collection of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918), Alexander Palace, Tsarskoe Selo, until 1917.
Almost certainly sold by the Soviet government to Armand Hammer in the 1920s / early 1930s.
With Hammer Galleries, New York, by the late 1930s.
Acquired by Matilda Geddings Gray (1885-1971) from Hammer Galleries, New York, in the late 1940s / early 1950s.
By descent to Matilda Gray Stream (1924-2023) and descendants.
Almost certainly sold by the Soviet government to Armand Hammer in the 1920s / early 1930s.
With Hammer Galleries, New York, by the late 1930s.
Acquired by Matilda Geddings Gray (1885-1971) from Hammer Galleries, New York, in the late 1940s / early 1950s.
By descent to Matilda Gray Stream (1924-2023) and descendants.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Loan Exhibition of the Art of Peter Carl Fabergé, Imperial Court Jeweler, 1846-1920 at the Hammer Galleries, 1951, p. 36, no. 206 (listed).
Exhibited
Von Dervis Mansion, St. Petersburg, Fabergé Artifacts, Antique Miniatures and Snuffboxes Belonging to the Members of the Imperial Family and Private Persons, 8-15 March 1902.
Hammer Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition of the Art of Peter Carl Fabergé, Imperial Court Jeweler, 1846-1920 at the Hammer Galleries, 28 March - 28 April 1951, no. 206.
Hammer Galleries, New York, Loan Exhibition of the Art of Peter Carl Fabergé, Imperial Court Jeweler, 1846-1920 at the Hammer Galleries, 28 March - 28 April 1951, no. 206.
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Julia Jones
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