Parrot on a Perch
1896–1903
House of Fabergé
House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
Decorative Art and Design
Parrot on a Perch , 1896–1903. House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918), Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860–1903). Silver, enamel, jasper, agate, emeralds; overall: 15.3 x 7.4 cm (6 x 2 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The India Early Minshall Collection 1966.447 In creating luxurious accessories for a desk or tabletop, Fabergé often used native hardstones such as multicolored agate and jasper, green nephrite, pink rhodonite, and rock crystal found in the Ural Mountains of western Russia. By paying careful attention to the unique colors and textures of the stones, Fabergé and his craftsmen brought them to life, turning milky agate into a begging poodle or green and black jasper into this parrot sitting on a perch. The use of native materials also promoted Russian nationalism, which appealed greatly to the tsar and his family. Tsar Nicholas and his cousins in the British royal family kept parrots and parakeets throughout their many palaces.
- Maker/Artist
- House of Fabergé
- Classification
- Miscellaneous
- Formatted Medium
- silver, enamel, jasper, agate, emeralds
- Dimensions
- Overall: 15.3 x 7.4 cm (6 x 2 15/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: 88, Kokoshnik, tester's initials (in Cyrillic) [assay mark for St. Petersburg, 1896-1908]; initials of workmaster Mikhail Perkhin (in Cyrillic); Fabergé (in Cyrillic); 6817 scratched.
- Departments
- Decorative Art and Design
- Accession Number
- 1966.447
- Credit Line
- The India Early Minshall Collection
- Exhibitions
- The India Early Minshall Collection: Faberge and his Contemporaries, Year in Review: 1967, Fabergé in America, Fabergé's Menagerie: The Animal Creations of the Fabergé Workshop, Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 211 Fabergé
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