Collection Online as of October 1, 2023
1904–1908
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(Finnish, 1873–1959)
(Russian, 1846–1920)
Gold, enamel, purpurine, diamonds
Overall: 4.2 x 1.5 cm (1 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.487
Hjalmar Armfelt by 1895 Armfelt was serving an apprenticeship in St. Peterburg. He returned to Finland in 1916.
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 the letter A engraved on the seal is said to be in the handwriting of Czarina Alexandra Feodorovna, suggesting that the seal was made for her; 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. 55; mentioned: p. 54, cat. 22
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Exhibition history
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2/12/96-4/28/96); The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (5/25/96-7/28/96); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (8/24/96-11/2/96); New Orleans Museum of Art (12/7/96-2/8/97); The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/9/97-5/11/97). "Fabergé in America," exh. cat. no. 84, p. 107; color repr. p. 107.
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 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).
