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A Fabergé Gilded Silver-Mounted Craquelé Glass Vase, Workmaster Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Description
- marked with workmaster's initials, Fabergé in Cyrillic, and 88 standard; also with scratched inventory number 6611 or 1199; the glass inscribed E. Leveille Paris
- Glass, gilded silver
- Height 4 1/8 in.
- 10.5 cm
Provenance
The FORBES Magazine Collection
Sotheby's New York, December 1, 1998, lot 326
Literature
Condition
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Catalogue Note
Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Fabergé: Selection from the FORBES Magazine Collection, February 9-March 13, 1983 (traveling exhibition, visiting the following locations)
Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, April 3-June 12, 1983
Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, November 1-December 31, 1983
Fort Worth, The Kimbell Art Museum, Fabergé: The FORBES Magazine Collection, June 25-September 18, 1983, no. 113
Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, June 27-August 12, 1984, no. 112.
Edinburgh, The Fine Art Society, Fabergé and the Edwardians, August 8-31, 1987, no. 7
Aberdeen, The Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum, September 5-26, 1987, no. 7
New York, Place des Antiquaires, Fabergé Silver from the FORBES Magazine Collection, November 10, 1987-January 31, 1988
Kansas City, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, June 11-July 18, 1988
Nashville, The Tennessee Botanical Gardens and Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, October 3-28, 1988
Atlanta, The High Museum Antiques Show, November 17-20, 1988
Seattle, The Bank of California, December 1, 1988-January 6, 1989
St. Louis, The St. Louis Antiques Show, May 24-29, 1989
Oklahoma City, The Oklahoma Arts Center, October 15, 1989-January 1, 1990
Tulsa, The Philbrook Museum of Art, January 28-April 8, 1990
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History, September 1-October 8, 1990