Lot
360
Royal Saxon court jeweller in Dresden 1856 – 1909
“Casolette: ein Ei, enthaltend Henne, Krone und Ring“. 1886
Estimate:
EUR 10,000
- 12,000
USD 11,000
- 13,200
Sold for:
12,500 EUR (incl. premium)
Autumn 2019
ORANGERIE Big Animals. Big Shots, Thursday, 28.11.2019
Related literature: exh. cat.: Géza of Habsburg: Fabergé. Hofjuwelier der Zaren. Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 1986, cat. no. 532, p. 266f., cat. no. 662, p. 315f..
Presumably collection of the Khediven of Egypt, Abbas II (1874–1944) / King Faruk I of Egypt (1920–1965), Cairo (until 1952) / collections of Arab Republic of Egypt, Koubbeh Palace, Cairo (until 1954) / Private Collection, London (1954-1969) / Private Collection, Bavaria
Jubilee exhibition of the Prussian Academy of Arts. Berlin, Landes-Ausstellungsgebäude (58th exhibition), 1886, VII. Abteilung für dekorative Kunst, cat. no. 3137, p. 368
Auction: The Palace Collections of Egypt. Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Works of Art in Precious Materials. London, Sotheby’s, 10./17.3.1954, cat. no. 164 / Auction: Fine Miniatures, Important Gold Boxes and Objects of Vertu. London, Christie’s, 18.11.1969, cat. no. 150, S. 52 / Alexander von Solodkoff: Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé. New York, 1989, p. 57