Miniature Table with Compass
c. 1890–95
House of Fabergé
House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
Decorative Art and Design
Miniature Table with Compass, c. 1890–95. House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918), Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860–1903). Gold, enamel, glass, steel; overall: 5.6 x 4.2 cm (2 3/16 x 1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.480 The giving of small precious objects as intimate gifts between family members within the imperial court was spurred by the House of Fabergé's seemingly endless supply of bejeweled utilitarian objects decorated as expensively as possible, such as this little desk compass disguising as a miniature table in the Louis XVI taste of the late 1700s. A small compass is concealed in the top of this miniature table for use when looking at maps.
- Maker/Artist
- House of Fabergé
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Formatted Medium
- gold, enamel, glass, steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5.6 x 4.2 cm (2 3/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 56, crossed anchors [assay mark for St. Petersburg, 1882-99]; initials of workmaster Mikhail Perkhin (in Cyrillic); Fabergé (in Cyrillic).
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 1966.480
- Credit Line
- The India Early Minshall Collection
- Exhibitions
- The India Early Minshall Collection: Faberge and his Contemporaries, Year in Review: 1967, Fabergé in America, Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 211 Fabergé
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