A JEWELLED CHALCEDONY MODEL OF A POUTER PIGEON
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A JEWELLED CHALCEDONY MODEL OF A POUTER PIGEON

BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900

已結束2021年11月29日

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GBP 112,500

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A JEWELLED CHALCEDONY MODEL OF A POUTER PIGEON
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Realistically carved as a standing pouter pigeon, the eyes set with cabochon rubies, apparently unmarked
2 1⁄4 in. (5.7 cm.) high

Lady Juliet Duff (1881-1965), née Lowther.
Acquired from Wartski, London, in October 1989.

專家說明

Lady Juliet Duff (1881-1965) was a daughter of the 4th Earl of Lonsdale. A socialite and patron of the arts, particularly ballet, she was a good friend of Serge Diaghilev and a patron of the Ballets Russes. Her other close friends included Evelyn Waugh, Somerset Maugham and Cecil Beaton. In 1903, she married Sir Robin Duff, who died in the Great War in 1914.