id: 142725 accession number: 1966.436.b share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.436.b updated: 2024-03-26 01:59:17.104000 Miniature Crown Surprise from the Lapis Lazuli Easter Egg, c. 1885–90. Attributed to Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846–1920), attributed to House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918). Gold, enamel, lapis lazuli, pearls, diamonds, rubies; The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.436.b title: Miniature Crown Surprise from the Lapis Lazuli Easter Egg title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1885–90 creation date earliest: 1885 creation date latest: 1890 current location: 211 Fabergé creditline: The India Early Minshall Collection copyright: --- culture: Russia, St. Petersburg technique: gold, enamel, lapis lazuli, pearls, diamonds, rubies department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Miscellaneous find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846–1920) - designer Supplied most of the gifts exchanged by relatives of the imperial family in Russia, Denmark, Germany, and England for christenings, name days, birthdays, Christmas, and Easter. * House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918) - maker Peter Carl Faberge (1846-1920) took over the House of Faberge in 1870 from his father Carl Gustav Faberge who had founded the firm in 1842. Until 1881, the firm manufactured primarily jewelry for Saint Petersburg's aristocrats and wealthy elite. In 1885 the firm was awarded the coveted imperial warrant as goldsmith to the tsar and began to produce elaborate presentation Easter eggs as a gift for the tsarina from her husband every year. They also produced luxurious accessories, jewelry, and hardstone sculptures. At one point, Faberge employed over 300 workers including 22 workmasters who oversaw the production of the firm's jewelry and precious objects. A branch of the firm opened in Moscow in 1887, specializing in neo-Russian and pan-Slavic motifs in jewelry, silver, and enamel. Other branches followed in Kiev, London, and Odessa as well as new premises in Saint Petersburg. At the onset of the Russian Revolution, Peter Carl Faberge fled the country to Paris then Switzerland, where he died in 1920. His firm was nationalized by the Bolsheviks in 1918. --- measurements: state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Fabergé in America opening date: 1996-02-12T00:00:00 Fabergé in America. The Metropolitan Museum of Art (February 12-May 5, 1996); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (organizer) (May 25-July 28, 1996); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (August 24-November 2, 1996); New Orleans Museum of Art (December 7, 1996-February 8, 1997); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 12-May 11, 1997). title: Fabergé's Menagerie: The Animal Creations of the Fabergé Workshop opening date: 2003-02-14T00:00:00 Fabergé's Menagerie: The Animal Creations of the Fabergé Workshop. Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR (February 8-May 2, 2004). title: Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique opening date: 2008-10-19T04:00:00 Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2008-January 18, 2009); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (February 7-May 31, 2009). title: Fabergé: Designing Luxury, from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts opening date: 2012-10-14T00:00:00 Fabergé: Designing Luxury, from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 13, 2013). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE India Early Minshall [1885–1965], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1966 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1966- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Hawley, Henry H. Fabergé and His Contemporaries: The India Early Minshall Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 72-73, cat. 32. url: https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/836254532 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 171 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n195 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 227 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n247 Habsburg, Géza von, and David Park Curry. Fabergé in America. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 114, cat. 98. url: https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/34433639 Harrison, Stephen, Emmanuel Ducamp, and Jeannine J. Falino. Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008. page number: Mentioned and reproduced: p. 175, cat. 51 url: https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/230187932 Solon, Chad. "The Lapis Lazuli Egg in the Cleveland Museum of Art." The Burlington Magazine. 163, no.1422 (September 2021): 828-831 page number: reproduced p. 831; mentioned p. 828-831 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.436.b/1966.436.b_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.436.b/1966.436.b_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.436.b/1966.436.b_full.tif