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accession number:	2022.111
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2022.111
updated:		2023-08-24 01:37:13.899000

Miniature Compote, 1896. House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918). Silver, aventurine quartz; overall: 15.2 cm (6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hiller-Borneman Collection 2022.111

title:				Miniature Compote
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creation date:			1896
creation date earliest:		1896
creation date latest:		1896
current location:		211 Fabergé
creditline:			Gift of the Hiller-Borneman Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	Russia
technique:	silver, aventurine quartz
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Silver
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CREATORS

* 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.
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measurements: Overall: 15.2 cm (6 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Stamped: Fabergé (in Cyrillic) surmounted by double-headed eagle (imperial warrant); 1896, surmounted by tester's initials for Lev Oleks (active 1895-8), 84, Saint George [three punch assay mark for Moscow]
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	inscription:	Scratched: 7796
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Wartski Ltd, London, sold to J. Randolph Hiller)
	date: 2011
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	Hiller-Borneman Collection, Pittsburgh, PA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2011–2022
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2022–
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fun fact:
Pink aventurine is the rarest form of this type of quartz, which is most commonly found in an olive green form.

digital description:
The House of Fabergé specialized in the creation of little treasures intended as opulent personal gifts. In creating luxurious accessories for a desk or tabletop, Fabergé often used native hardstones such as multicolored agate and quartz, green nephrite, pink rhodonite, and rock crystal found in the Ural Mountains of western Russia. Fabergé's designers often paired hardstones with silver mounts, particularly in the Moscow workshop where the silver studios were concentrated.

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