Museum Exhibition
Fabergé from the Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
From November 22, 2011
After Matilda Geddings Gray died in 1971, her collection passed to the foundation she had established, with the stipulation that a broad public should be able to enjoy it.
Exhibition artworks
Representative work
Russian, St. Petersburg
Imperial Lilies-of-the-Valley Basket
1896
Yellow and green gold, silver, nephrite, pearl, rose-cut diamond
Overall: 7 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (19.1 x 21.6 x 14.9 cm)
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Russian, St. Petersburg
Imperial Caucasus Egg
1893
Yellow and quatre-couleur gold, silver, platinum, guilloché enamel, rose- and table-cut diamond, pearl, crystal, ivory, watercolor
Overall: 3 5/8 x 2 7/8 (max. diam.) in. (9.2 x 7.3 cm)
View at museumRussian, St. Petersburg
Danish Palaces Egg
1890
Green, rose, and quatre-couleur gold, guilloché enamel, star sapphire, cabochon emerald, rose-cut diamond nacre, crystal crimson silk velvet
Overall: 4 x 2 5/8 x 2 5/8 in. (10.2 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm)
View at museumRussian, St. Petersburg
Imperial Napoleonic Egg
1912
Gold, guilloché enamel, rose-cut diamond, platinum, gold, ivory, gouache, velvet, silk
Overall: 4 5/8 x 3 1/2 (max diam.) in. (11.7 x 8.9 cm)
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Imperial Frame and Clock
before 1899
Rose jasper, silver gilt, trois-couleur gold, diamond, sapphire, ivory, oil paint, glass
Overall: 7 5/8 x 5 1/2 x 1/2 in. (19.4 x 14 x 1.3 cm)
View at museumRussian, St. Petersburg
Spherical Clock
before 1899
Rose jasper, silver, silver gilt, gold, enamel, glass
Overall: 3 7/8 x 2 3/4 (diam.) in. (9.8 x 7 cm)
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Frame with photograph of Grand Duchess Tatiana, second daughter of Czar Nicholas II
1899–1908
Silver, silver-gilt, guilloché enamel, convex glass, holly wood
Overall: 8 1/2 x 9 3/4 x 3/8 in. (21.6 x 24.8 x 1 cm)
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