PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF FRANCES H. JONES
A Fabergé Rock Crystal, Gold, Enameled, and Jeweled Demilune Small Box, St. Petersburg, circa 1900
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A Fabergé Rock Crystal, Gold, Enameled, and Jeweled Demilune Small Box, St. Petersburg, circa 1900
the carved rock crystal box of demilune shape, the hinged lid engraved with a design of foliate swags and a laurel wreath hanging from bow knots, the gold rim enameled opaque white and set with square-cut rubies at either corner, the thumbpiece set with a triangular ruby surrounded by rose-cut diamonds
Length 2 1/2 in.
6.3 cm
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marked with Fabergé in Cyrillic and 56 standard. With fitted case.
Length 2 1/2 in.
6.3 cm
Provenance
Wartski, London
Landsdell K. Christie
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, December 7, 1967, lot 4.
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, December 8-9, 1978, lot 374.
Exhibited
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1961
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 1962-1966
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 1962-1966
Literature
A. Kenneth Snowman, The Art of Carl Fabergé, London, 1962, clrpl. XXIX, p. 147.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Easter Eggs and Other Precious Objects by Carl Fabergé, Washington, D.C., 1961, p. 12, no. 40.
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Easter Eggs and Other Precious Objects by Carl Fabergé, Washington, D.C., 1961, p. 12, no. 40.
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