Thursday, September 6, 2012

Mastery of Design: The Fabergé Raspberries, c. 1900

Sculpture
Crown Copyright
The Royal Collection
Image Courtesy of
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II



Made at the turn of the Twentieth Century by Carl Fabergé, this miniature sculpture is composed of rock crystal, nephrite and rhodonite. The piece takes the form of a spray of three raspberries carved in rhodonite. Nephrite makes the two leaves while the stalk is made of red gold. The small spray issues forth from a vase of rock crystal. This charming object was purchased by Queen Alexandra 1844-1925), Consort of King Edward VII who had a penchant for Fabergé.


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