Silver Imperial Presentation Trophy by

Fabergé

Moscow, 1908–1917 struck with maker’s mark: K.FABERGE in Cyrillic beneath Imperial Warrant, silver mark of 88 zolotniks height: 34 cm

Provenance:

Sotheby’s New York, 10/11 June 1985, Sale 5345, lot 490

Exhibitions:

Fabergé in America, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 16 February – 28 April 1996; Fine Arts

Museums of San Francisco, 25 May – 28 July 1996; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 24 August –3 November 1996; New Orleans Museum of Art, 7 December 1996 – 9 February 1997; Cleveland

Museum of Art, 12 March – 11 May 1997

Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, Wilmington, Delaware, 9 Sept 2000 – 18 Feb 2001

Literature:

Andre Ruzhnikov Russian Icons, Palo Alto, 1990, illustrated on the back cover

G. von Habsburg (ed.), Fabergé in America, San Francisco, 1996, no. 302, p. 279, illustrated in colour

G. von Habsburg, A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, no. 145, p. 101, illustrated in colour

Silver Imperial presentation trophy of urn shape on a concave triangular base upheld by three double-headed eagles with spread-out wings, each perched on a polished sphere, with a domed cover surmounted by an Imperial Russian crown; the cup chased with tapering flutes at the base and a wide band of laurel leaves under the lip; inscribed: Her Imperial Majesty’s / First Prize.