Collection Online as of September 30, 2023
after 1903
Purpurine mounted in gold, jade, diamonds
Overall: 4.7 x 4 x 3.2 cm (1 7/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.437
Peter Carl Fabergé 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.
Provenance India E. Minshall, Cleveland, Ohio.
Citations
Hawley, Henry.
Fabergé and His Contemporaries: The India Early Minshall Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. Reproduced: p. 41; mentioned: p. 40, cat. 16
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Exhibition history
The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/9/97-5/11/97). "Fabergé in America," not in exh. cat.
The India Early Minshall Collection: Faberge and his Contemporaries . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 15, 1967-January 21, 1968).
Year in Review: 1967 . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).
Fabergé in America . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (March 12-May 11, 1997).
