BY KARL BOK, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

Details

A RUSSIAN JEWELED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL GOLD CUP
BY KARL BOK, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Circular on a tapering foot, enameled overall in translucent red over a wavy guilloché ground, the body and foot applied with gold ribbon-tied laurel swags set with emeralds, with a leafy scroll handle, marked under base with ‘Bok’ in Cyrillic
2 5⁄8 in. (6.8 cm.) high

Provenance

J. P. Morgan Jr. (1867-1943).
Property of the Estate of the Late J. P. Morgan; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 22-25 March 1944, lot 596.
Acquired by Matilda Geddings Gray (1885-1971) from Hammer Galleries, New York, 30 September 1949.
By descent to Matilda Gray Stream (1924-2023) and descendants.

Literature

W. Fagaly, N. Raacke, Treasures by Peter Carl Fabergé and other Master Jewellers. The Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection, 1979, no. 59 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

J. P. Morgan Jr. (1867-1943) was a famous American banker and financier, as well as an avid art collector and a client of Fabergé. After the death of his father, J. P. Morgan Sr., in 1913, he inherited the family fortune and assumed control of J.P. Morgan & Co. In addition to his financial career, he made notable contributions to cultural institutions, particularly the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he donated part of his father’s collection. J. P. Morgan Jr. also established the Pierpont Morgan Library as a public institution in his father’s memory. After his death in 1943, a series of major sales of more than a thousand objects from his collection were held at Parke-Bernet Galleries in January and March 1944, including the present lot.

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