House of Fabergé - Anteater - Walters 42354 - Profile (cropped)
This exotic South American animal was rare in Fabergé's repertory. Having been acquired in 1900, eight years before the Fabergé firm opened a lapidary workshop, the piece must have been carved elsewhere.
House of Fabergé - Anteater - Walters 42354 - Profile
This exotic South American animal was rare in Fabergé's repertory. Having been acquired in 1900, eight years before the Fabergé firm opened a lapidary workshop, the piece must have been carved elsewhere.
House of Fabergé - Chimpanzee - Walters 42353
Chimpanzees were popular subjects given their droll expressions. This example is similar to an agate chimpanzee with olivine eyes in the Royal Collection, London. Henry Walters purchased this carving at the Fab... More
House of Fabergé - Cushion-shaped Parasol Handle - Walters 571841 (cro...
A carved guilloché pattern set with polished lapis lazuli stones extends around the circumference of the nephrite pommel. Set at its apex is a cabochon sapphire mounted in gold. The collar is rimmed in red gold... More
House of Fabergé - Cushion-shaped Parasol Handle - Walters 571841
A carved guilloché pattern set with polished lapis lazuli stones extends around the circumference of the nephrite pommel. Set at its apex is a cabochon sapphire mounted in gold. The collar is rimmed in red gold... More
House of Fabergé - Faberge Mouse - Walters 421514 - Bottom
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House of Fabergé - Hippopotamus - Walters 42355 - Profile
Fabergé frequently chose as subjects rotund, young animals that looked comical.
House of Fabergé - Kovsh - Walters 571920 - Three Quarter
This utensil is in the form of a kovsh, a boat-shaped drinking vessel. Both the spout in the shape of a monstrous bat with spreading wings and the handle terminating in a bust of a Kazan warrior have been cast ... More
House of Fabergé - Oval Box with Monogram of Nicholas II - Walters 571...
The monogram of Nicholas II, rendered in diamonds, is set in the lid of this presentation box. It is mounted in an opalescent white cartouche bordered by diamonds and surmounted by the Imperial crown, also in d... More
House of Fabergé - Pair of Cockatoos - Walters 571913 - View A
Perched on a T-shaped ivory stand is a pair of topaz cockatoos with ruby eyes and gold feet. They are connected by gold chains to a pink enamel and gold mount set in a nephrite base supported by four gold ball ... More
House of Fabergé - Pair of Cockatoos - Walters 571913 - View B
Perched on a T-shaped ivory stand is a pair of topaz cockatoos with ruby eyes and gold feet. They are connected by gold chains to a pink enamel and gold mount set in a nephrite base supported by four gold ball ... More
House of Fabergé - Pair of Parakeets - Walters 571912 - View A
A pair of topaz parakeets with peridot eyes and gold feet is perched on a T-shaped ivory stand and connected by gold chains to the mount. The cross bar of the stand terminates in cabochon sapphires. The high ri... More
House of Fabergé - Parasol Handle - Walters 44621 - Profile (cropped)
Firm of Peter Carl Faberg� (Russian, ca. 1870-1920). 'Parasol Handle,' ca. 1900. pink enamel on guilloch� gold, diamonds. Walters Art Museum (44.621): Gift of Miss Laura F. Delano, 1950.
House of Fabergé - Parasol Handle - Walters 44621 - Profile
Firm of Peter Carl Faberg� (Russian, ca. 1870-1920). 'Parasol Handle,' ca. 1900. pink enamel on guilloch� gold, diamonds. Walters Art Museum (44.621): Gift of Miss Laura F. Delano, 1950.
House of Fabergé - Parasol Handle - Walters 571862 - Open
The highly polished, T-shaped, pale jadeite handle is fitted to an elaborate collar of white and apricot guilloché enamel over gold. Rows of rose-cut diamonds with inset half-pearls border the collar and divide... More
House of Fabergé - Parasol Handle - Walters 571862
The highly polished, T-shaped, pale jadeite handle is fitted to an elaborate collar of white and apricot guilloché enamel over gold. Rows of rose-cut diamonds with inset half-pearls border the collar and divide... More
House of Fabergé - Rhinoceros - Walters 27480 - Profile
Represented is the Indian rhinoceros, an animal found east of the Caspian Sea. Fabergé did not establish a hardstone studio until 1908, so this piece must have been produced outside the firm, perhaps in Karl Wo... More
House of Fabergé - Spirit Lamp in the Form of a Samovar - Walters 5719...
This spirit lamp is in the form of a samovar, an ornate urn traditionally used for making tea in Russia. A cotton wick extends beyond the inner tube that would have served as the heating element in a samovar. I... More
House of Fabergé - Urn with Cover - Walters 57913 - Profile
This tureen-shaped urn is carved of nephrite, a green jade much favored by the Fabergé firm. Enormous nephrite boulders had been discovered along the Onot River in eastern Siberia in 1851. A pair of loving dove... More