Nearly forgotten but glorious art, envisionings and historical oddments from the back corners of the internet
A few oddments from the Saint Petersburg, Russia House of Fabergé from that vanished time on the other side of World War I. Collected by American Lillian Thomas Pratt,who left them to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for me to share with you.
Kovsh. Before 199. Gold. Erik August Kollin, workmaster. Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. In the public domain in the United States due to age. via https://www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-8034102/Cane handle. ca. 1900. Agate, gold, enamel and ruby. Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. In the public domain in the United States due to age. via https://www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-8028404/Scarab brooch. ca. 1900. Gold, silver, garnet, diamond, ruby and enamel. Collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. In the public domain in the United States due to age. via https://www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-8024281/
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