Collection Online as of October 1, 2023

Electric Lamp in the Form of a Candlestick

after 1896

firm of Peter Carl Fabergé

(Russian, 1846–1920)

fabricated by

Hjalmar Armfelt

(Finnish, 1873–1959)

Russia, St. Petersburg

Jade with silver gilt mounts

Overall: 20.9 x 9.3 cm (8 1/4 x 3 11/16 in.)

The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.498

Location

not on view

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.

Hjalmar Armfelt

by 1895 Armfelt was serving an apprenticeship in St. Peterburg. He returned to Finland in 1916.

Provenance

India E. Minshall, Cleveland, Ohio.

Citations

Hawley, Henry H. Fabergé and His Contemporaries: The India Early Minshall Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1967. mentioned & reproduced PP 54-5, cat. no. 23 library.clevelandart.org

Exhibition history

The India Early Minshall Collection: Faberge and his Contemporaries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 15, 1967-January 21, 1968).