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Fabergé from Castle Howard

An Impressive Fabergé jewelled agate model of a Siberian ibex, St Petersburg, circa 1900

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Description

realistically carved in shaded honey-coloured agate as reclining male goat, diamond-set eyes, apparently unmarked


length 5.5 cm; 2 ⅛ in.

Mrs. Hasson;

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, p.7, illustrated

Exhibition catalogue, ed. D.E. Horowitz, The Fabergé Menagerie, London, 2003, p. 174, 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. 2

Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Fabergé: Tsarens Guldsmed, 6 June – 19 October 1997, no. 41

London, HHA AGM, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, 1997

Wilmington, River Front Arts Centre, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and his World, 2000, no. 782

USA, The Fabergé Menagerie, Baltimore, Walters Art Museum, 14 February – 27 July 2003; Ohio, Columbus Museum, 12 October 2003 – 4 January 2004; Oregon, Portland Art Museum, 8 February – 2 May 2004, no. 108