Button (Cleveland Museum of Art 1966.490.1)
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
after 1896
Cleveland Museum of Art object 1966.490.1: Button, after 1896. Firm of Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846–1920), August Wilhelm Holmström (Russian, 1929–1903). Gold, enamel, diamonds; diameter: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.). Inscribed: inscribed: double-headed eagle; Fabergé; St. Petersburg, Moscow (all in Cyrillic; inside lid of box).. Details are those of this museum object; how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 2
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Materials
- gold, enamel, diamonds
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
- Measurements
- Diameter: 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.)
- Material and technique
- gold, enamel, diamonds
Design
- Inscription
- inscribed: double-headed eagle; Fabergé; St. Petersburg, Moscow (all in Cyrillic; inside lid of box).
Identification
- Date recorded
- after 1896
- Culture period
- Russia, St. Petersburg
- Maker recorded
- Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846–1920), August Wilhelm Holmström (Russian, 1929–1903)
- Museum attribution
- Peter Carl Fabergé (Russian, 1846–1920); August Wilhelm Holmström (Russian, 1929–1903)
- Holding institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 1966.490.1
- Museum classification
- Miscellaneous
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
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