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Lot 16

FABERGE, A JEWELLED AND GOLD MOUNTED AGATE MODEL O ...

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Lot 16

FABERGE, A JEWELLED AND GOLD MOUNTED AGATE MODEL O ...

Estimate £30,000 - £50,000

Description

FABERGE, A JEWELLED AND GOLD MOUNTED AGATE MODEL OF A DUCKLING, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 naturalistically carved to depict a standing duckling, its head tilted to one side, the eyes set with rose cut diamonds, standing on chased gold feet, apparently unsigned, within its original Faberge wooden case.

Height 4.0cm (1 5/8 inches).

Provenance

- The property of Emily Yznaga del Valle (1859-1944), sister of the Duchess of Manchester.
- Anonymous sale, Christie's Geneva, 28 April 1976, lot 192.
- The property of Harry Woolf.
- Acquired by the present owners from Christie's London, 29 November 2021, lot 15 (GBP £75,000).

Literature

- Exhibition catalogue, Exhibition of Russian Art, London, 1935, p. 112, no. 588H (listed).
- G. von Habsburg and A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Court Jeweller to the Tsars, London, 1979, pl. 104.
- Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. Kostbarkeiten Russischer Goldschmiedekunst der Jahrkunderwende, Zurich, 1989, p. 60, no. 157 (illustrated).
- Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, St Petersburg, 1993, p. 291, no. 159 (illustrated).
- G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 306, no. 813 (illustrated).
- Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 51, no. 40 (illustrated).

Exhibited

- London, 1 Belgrave Square, Exhibition of Russian Art, 4 June - 13 July 1935, no. 588H.
- New York, Habsburg, Feldman, The Josiane Woolf Fabergé Collection, 3 - 9 November 1988, no. 40.
- Zurich, Museum Bellerive, Carl Fabergé. Kostbarkeiten Russischer Goldschmiedekunst der Jahrkunderwende, 31 May - September 1989, no. 157.
- St Petersburg, Hermitage State Museum; Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs; London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, June 1993 - April 1994, no. 159.
- Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 813.
- London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 40.

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