BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900

Details

A JEWELLED CHALCEDONY MODEL OF A MOUSE
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Realistically carved as a mouse, with a rose-cut diamond-set tail and ears, with diamond-set eyes, apparently unmarked
1 3⁄8 in. (3.5 cm.) long

Provenance

Acquired from Wartski, London, in June 1993.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, Stockholm, 1997, p. 105, no. 31 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 310, no. 840 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé - Cartier, Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, 2003, illustrated p. 250, no. 342 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Japonisme: from Falize to Fabergé, London, 2011, p. 97, no. 215 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 37, no. 28 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, 6 - 19 October 1997, no. 31.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 840.
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé/Cartier, Rivals at the Tsar’s Court, 28 November 2003 - 12 April 2004, no. 342.
London, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 10 - 20 May 2011, no. 215.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 28.

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Lot Essay

For a comparable model of a mouse, see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 1986, p. 205, no. 367. For another similar model from the Royal Collection, see Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé 1846-1920, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1977, no. B 28.

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