Lot 222
Lot 222
AN IMPERIAL JEWELED TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED, GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL CARNET-DE-BAL

BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 8580

Price Realised USD 119,700
Estimate
USD 60,000 - USD 80,000
Closed: 22 Oct 2024
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AN IMPERIAL JEWELED TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED, GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL CARNET-DE-BAL

BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 8580

Price Realised USD 119,700
Closed: 22 Oct 2024
Price Realised USD 119,700
Closed: 22 Oct 2024
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Rectangular, the hinged covers enameled in alternating pink and white vertical stripes, centering a seed-pearl bezel and a translucent white guilloché enamel panel, applied with a rose-cut diamond-set Imperial double-headed eagle, suspended from ribbon-tied laurel swags, set with seed-pearls, one side fitted with a reeded gold pencil with a moonstone finial, with ivorine inserts and suspension loop, interior applied with a gold plaque engraved in French ‘Présent de Sa Majesté L’Empereur Nicholas II, 2 Févr. 1902’, marked on mounts with assay marks and indistinct maker's mark; in the original fitted Fabergé wooden case
278 in. (7.3 cm.) high, excluding pencil and suspension loop
Provenance
A gift from Nicholas II (1868-1918) to Elizabeth Balletta of the Imperial Michael Theatre on February 2, 1902, the eve of a benefit performance marking her tenth anniversary on the St. Petersburg stage.
The collection of Lansdell K. Christie (1903-1965).
Valuable and Important Objets de Vertu by Carl Fabergé from the Lansdell K. Christie Collection; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 7 December 1967, lot 7.
Literature
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Easter Eggs and Other Precious Objects by Carl Fabergé, Washington, D.C., 1961, p. 45, no. 73 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of Peter Carl Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Manhattan School of Music, New York, 1961, p. 69, no. 222 (illustrated).
A.K. Snowman, The Art of Carl Fabergé, London, 1964, pl. XVI (illustrated).
J. McNab Dennis, 'Fabergé's Objects of Fantasy', Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, March, 1965, pl. 19 (illustrated).
Exhibition Catalogue, The Art of the Goldsmith & the Jeweler: a Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Young Women's Christian Association of the City of New York, New York, 1968, p. 129, no. 340 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York, 1983, p. 80, no. 217 (illustrated).
G. von Hapsburg, M. Lopato, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, London, 1993, p. 302, no. 175 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé in America, New York, 1996, p. 213, no. 206 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé - Cartier, Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, 2003, p. 182, no. 113 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Washington, DC, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Easter Eggs and Other Precious Objects by Carl Fabergé, 1961, no. 73.
New York, A La Vieille Russie, The Art of Peter Carl Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Manhattan School of Music, October 25 - November 7, 1961, no. 222.
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Mr. and Mrs. Lansdell K. Christie Collection of Fabergé, 1965.
New York, A La Vieille Russie, The Art of the Goldsmith & the Jeweler: a Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Young Women's Christian Association of the City of New York, 6-23 November 1968, no. 340.
New York, A La Vieille Russie, Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design, April 22 - May 21, 1983, no. 217.
St. Petersburg, Hermitage State Museum; Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs; London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, June 1993 - April 1994, no. 175.
San Francisco, M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Fabergé in America, May 25 - July 28, 1996, no. 206.
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé - Cartier, Rivalen am Zarenhof, November 28, 2003-April 12, 2004, no. 113.
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