Fabergé from Castle Howard
An Exceptional Fabergé jewelled agate model of a Siberian ibex, St Petersburg, circa 1900
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55,000 - 75,000 CHF
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Description
realistically carved in toffee-coloured agate as a standing male goat, diamond-set eyes, in its original fitted holly wood case, apparently unmarked
height 5.7 cm; 2 ¼ in.
Sir George Cooper, Bt.;
Acquired by George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe (1920 – 1984);
Thence by descent.
H. Bainbridge, Peter Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court, London, 1949, pl. 27, illustrated
Exhibition catalogue, ed. S. Dale, Fabergé: The Castle Howard Collection, London, 1995, pp. 6-7, illustrated
Exhibition catalogue, ed. G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and his World, London, 2000, p. 302, illustrated
Exhibition catalogue, ed. E. Welander-Berggren, Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Tsar, Stockholm, 1997, p. 109, illustrated
London, Tessier, Fabergé: The Castle Howard Collection, 20 November – 9 December 1995, no. 1
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Fabergé: Tsarens Guldsmed, 6 June – 19 October 1997, no. 42
London, HHA AGM, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, 1997
Wilmington, River Front Arts Centre, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and his World, 2000, no. 782
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