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Source Description
This tiny hardstone mouse is studded with diamonds, and has rubies for eyes. The House of Fabergé began making hardstone animals in the 1890s and they proved popular with their elite clients. Queen Alexandra (wife of the British King Edward VII) built a large collection, and production peaked in the years immediately before the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Objects such as this mouse were inspired by Japanese netsuke. Carl Fabergé owned over 500 of these. He married this admiration of Asian art with the rich Russian tradition of hardstone carving.
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Document identity
localId
76634
label
Mouse
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
76634
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Mouse
description
This tiny hardstone mouse is studded with diamonds, and has rubies for eyes. The House of Fabergé began making hardstone animals in the 1890s and they proved popular with their elite clients. Queen Alexandra (wife of the British King Edward VII) built a large collection, and production peaked in the years immediately before the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Objects such as this mouse were inspired by Japanese netsuke. Carl Fabergé owned over 500 of these. He married this admiration of Asian art with the rich Russian tradition of hardstone carving.
provenance
Oscar Kaplans [?]; Anna Marie Feller, Baltimore, late 1970s, by purchase; Dr. John Q. Feller, K.H.S., Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, June 1996, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 2007, by gift.
date
1908-1914
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Precious Stones & Gems
figurines
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
3.4
height
4
depth
6
dimensionsRaw
1 5/16 x 1 9/16 x 2 3/8 in. (3.4 x 4 x 6 cm)
Source extras
med
smoky quartz, diamonds, gold, rubies
creator_ids
4493
1921
collection_ids
EAN
exhibition_ids
2062
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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9eeca1d895a2c8f3
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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d9b4401d9d3be6cd
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no
hasDescription
no