Property from the Brooklyn Museum, sold to Support Museum Collections
A JEWELLED BOWENITE MODEL OF A FROG, RUSSIA, CIRCA 1900
Auction Closed
December 2, 11:54 AM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Brooklyn Museum, sold to Support Museum Collections
A JEWELLED BOWENITE MODEL OF A FROG, RUSSIA, CIRCA 1900
Realistically carved as a crouching frog with gold-mounted cabochon ruby-set eyes, apparently unmarked
length 5.8cm, 2 5/16in.
A La Vieille Russie, New York
Helen Babbott Sanders, acquired from the above
The Brooklyn Museum, New York, bequest from the above in 1983
Helen Babbott Sanders, acquired from the above
The Brooklyn Museum, New York, bequest from the above in 1983
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé: Hofjuwelier der Zaren, December 5, 1986 - February 22, 1987
Houston, Museum of Natural Science, The World of Fabergé: Russian Gems and Jewels, February 11, 1994 - July 10, 1994
San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Fabergé in America: the Legacy of the Tsars, May 25 - July 28, 1996; also travelled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 12 - April 30, 1996; Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, August 24 - November 9, 1996; New Orleans, Fine Arts Museum, December 7, 1996 - February 8, 1997; and Cleveland Museum of Art, March 12 - May 11, 1997
New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art, BMA Fabergé Installation, supplementary to Jewels of the Romanovs: Treasures of the Russian Imperial Court, March 20 - July 12, 1998
Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, The Fabergé Menagerie, February 13 - July 27, 2003; also travelled to Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art, October 12, 2003 - January 4, 2004; Portland, Portland Art Museum, February 8 - May 2, 2004
Houston, Museum of Natural Science, The World of Fabergé: Russian Gems and Jewels, February 11, 1994 - July 10, 1994
San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Fabergé in America: the Legacy of the Tsars, May 25 - July 28, 1996; also travelled to New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 12 - April 30, 1996; Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, August 24 - November 9, 1996; New Orleans, Fine Arts Museum, December 7, 1996 - February 8, 1997; and Cleveland Museum of Art, March 12 - May 11, 1997
New York, Brooklyn Museum of Art, BMA Fabergé Installation, supplementary to Jewels of the Romanovs: Treasures of the Russian Imperial Court, March 20 - July 12, 1998
Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, The Fabergé Menagerie, February 13 - July 27, 2003; also travelled to Columbus, Columbus Museum of Art, October 12, 2003 - January 4, 2004; Portland, Portland Art Museum, February 8 - May 2, 2004
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Hofjuwelier der Zaren, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 1987, n. 354, p. 203 illustrated
G. von Habsburg-Lothringer and D. Park Curry, Fabergé in America, San Francisco, 1996, n. 184 p. 199 illustrated
Exhibition catalogue The Fabergé Menagerie, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 2003, n. 122, p. 190 illustrated
G. von Habsburg-Lothringer and D. Park Curry, Fabergé in America, San Francisco, 1996, n. 184 p. 199 illustrated
Exhibition catalogue The Fabergé Menagerie, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, 2003, n. 122, p. 190 illustrated