Spaniel
1907 (made)
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Figure of a spaniel carved from opal, the eyes set with cabochon rubies in gold collets. Contained in its original silk and velvet lined holly wood case, the lid satin stamped ‘St. Petersburg, Moscow and London’ in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial warrant.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Opal, cabochon rubies in gold collets. |
| Brief description | Spaniel, carved opal with ruby eyes, by Fabergé, c.1900 |
| Physical description | Figure of a spaniel carved from opal, the eyes set with cabochon rubies in gold collets. Contained in its original silk and velvet lined holly wood case, the lid satin stamped ‘St. Petersburg, Moscow and London’ in Cyrillic beneath the Imperial warrant. |
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| Credit line | Gift of the Harry and Josiane Woolf collection |
| Object history | Gift of the Harry and Josiane Woolf collection. Purchased from Christies, Geneva, April 1975, lot 217 Exhibited: Munich 1986-7, no.373, ill. p.206. New York, 1988, no.22. Zurich 1989, no.140. London 1992, no.109. St.Petersburg/Paris/London 1993-4, no.186, ill. p.308. Hamburg 1995, no.14, ill. p.60. London 1998, no.24. Wilmington 2000-1, no.811, ill. p.306. Munich 2003-4, no.364, ill. p.253. Wartski, 2012, no 38 |
| Bibliographic reference | Carl Fabergé: A Private Collection, Wartski, 2012, p.49 |
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| Accession number | M.21-2022 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2022 |
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