before 1893
Russian
Decorative Arts
Tools, Equipment, Utensils
bowenite, gold, silver, enamel, diamonds
Russia,St. Petersburg
Overall: 3 × 1 3/4 × 1 in. (7.62 × 4.45 × 2.54 cm)
47.20.181
"56" - Russian 14k gold; crossed anchors - St. Petersburg; illegible maker's mark; Early initials of workmaster Mikhail Perkhin, assay mark of St. Petersburg before 1899, 56 zolotnik, scratched inventory number 45643
Bequest of Lillian Thomas Pratt
Fabergé Revealed, Palace Museum, Beijing, China, April 16 - July 17, 2016

Fabergé: Jeweler to the Tsars, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, June 20 – September 27, 2015

Fabergé Revealed, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 14, 2014 - May 25, 2015

Fabulous Fabergé, Jeweler to the Czars, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, June 14 - October 12, 2014

Fabergé Revealed, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, June 22 - September 29, 2013

Fabergé: The Rise and Fall, Detroit Institute of Art, October 14, 2012 - January 21, 2013

Collector of the Year, February 6 - March 13, 1983
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