Museum Exhibition
Catalogue of Works
Fabergé from the Matilda Geddings Gray Foundation Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
30 documented works
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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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)
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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)
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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)
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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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Daisies
perhaps 1908–17
Quartz, rose-cut diamond, chalcedony, nephrite, silver, gold
Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 in. (14.6 x 7.6 cm)
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Potted Orange Blossom
1908–17
Quartzite, olivine, nephrite, red jasper, gold
Overall: 6 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. (16.2 x 13.3 cm)
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Mauve Cigarette Case
1899–1908
Silver gilt, gold, guilloché rayonnant enamel, cabochon moonstone
Overall: 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 3 1/8 in. (1.3 x 8.9 x 7.9 cm)
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Presentation Cigarette Case with Matchbox
before 1899
Gold, guilloché enamel, moonstone, diamond, silk cord
Overall: 5/8 x 3 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (1.6 x 9.5 x 6 cm)
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Imperial Presentation Cigarette Case
1908–17
Bicolor gold, platinum, rose-, brilliant-, and briolette-cut diamond.
Overall: 11/16 x 3 3/16 x 2 5/8 in. (1.7 x 8.1 x 6.7 cm)
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Oviform Perfume Flacon
1899–1908
Agate, gold, cabochon ruby, guilloché enamel
Overall: 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in. (11.4 x 7 cm)
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Bell Push in the form of an Elephant
ca. 1908–17
Bowenite, gold, diamond, ruby, sapphire, champlevé and guilloché enamel
Overall: 2 x 2 3/4 x 1/2 in. (5.1 x 7 x 1.3 cm)
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Imperial Hand Seal
probably 1899–1908
Nephrite, diamond, gold, silver, guilloché ondé enamel
Overall: 3 5/8 x 1 1/8 (max.) x 2 1/8 (max) in. (9.2 x 2.9 x 5.4 cm)
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Table box
1902
Nephrite, rose-cut diamond, platinum, gold
Overall: 1 3/4 x 3 13/16 x 3 13/16 in. (4.4 x 9.7 x 9.7 cm)
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Imperial tray in the form of a Lily-of-the-Valley leaf
probably 1905–08
Nephrite, gold, silver, pearl, rose-cut diamond
Overall: 5/8 x 5 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (1.6 x 14.3 x 5.6 cm)
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English Hawthorn
1908–17
Agate, nephrite, jade, gold
Overall: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 in. (14 x 9.5 cm)
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Imperial Anemones
probably 1899–1908
Gold, polychrome enamel, jade, rock crystal
Overall: 5 x 5 x 4 in. (12.7 x 12.7 x 10.2 cm)
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Orange Blossom Spray
1908–17
Quartzite, olivine, nephrite, rock crystal, gold
Overall: 6 3/4 x 2 5/8 in. (17.1 x 6.7 cm)
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Lily-of-the-Valley
probably 1908–17
Moonstone, nephrite, rock crystal, gold
Overall: 5 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (14.6 x 9.5 cm)
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Imperial Tray in the form of a Chestnut Leaf
ca. 1895–1900
Nephrite, yellow gold, cabochon almandine
Overall: 5 9/16 x 5 in. (14.1 x 12.7 cm)
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Cigarette Case
1903–8
Silver-gilt, bicolor gold, enamel, rose-cut diamond
Overall: 3/8 x 3 5/8 x 1 1/16 in. (1 x 9.2 x 2.7 cm)
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Pink Cigarette Case
1899–1908
Gold, silver, guilloché enamel, pearl
Overall: 3 3/8 x 1 11/16 x 13/16 in. (8.6 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm)
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Cigarette Case with a gold-leaf wreath
1908–17
Silver gilt, gold, moss agate, guilloche enamel, cabochon ruby
Overall: 5/8 x 3 1/2 x 2 in. (1.6 x 8.9 x 5.1 cm)
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Minaudière
1908–17
Gold, silver, mauve guilloché enamel, mirror glass, ivory, cabochon moonstone
Overall: 3 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 5/8 in. (8.9 x 6.7 x 1.6 cm)
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Tea Rose
1908–17
Agate, nephrite, chalcedony, gold
Overall: 5 3/4 x 2 3/8 in. (14.6 x 6 cm)
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Two Tulips
perhaps 1908–17
Amethyst quartz, diamond, nephrite, red jasper, gold
Overall: 9 1/2 x 4 11/16 in. (24.1 x 11.9 cm)
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Poppy
perhaps 1908–17
Amethyst quartz, nephrite, red jasper, cabochon amethyst, rose-cut diamond, gold, platinum
Overall: 8 11/16 x 4 3/4 in. (22.1 x 12.1 cm)
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Verbena
probably 1908–17
Chalcedony, diamond, nephrite, red jasper, enamel, gold, silver
Overall: 5 1/4 x 3 5/8 in. (13.3 x 9.2 cm)
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