A carved labradorite seal in the form of an owl early 20th century the figure standing upright on a carved support, the eyes set with gilt-framed cabochon rubies height: 9cm (3 9/16in). Fußnoten Provenance Caroline, Lady Oppenheimer (1899-1971) Then by direct descent The carving of the owl and the choice of stone suggests production by a close contemporary of Fabergé's. An obsidian owl in the collection of Lillian Thomas Pratt and housed in its original Fabergé box resembles a carving by Denisov-Uralsky for an owl supplied to Cartier in 1911 (see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé Revealed, VMFA 2011, p. 208) underlining the variety of outlets for similar forms in the early 1900s. A labradorite owl from Lady de Grey, Marchioness of Ripon and descendent of Countess Catherine Woronzova, is illustrated in Bainbridge, London, plate 76.
A carved labradorite seal in the form of an owl early 20th century the figure standing upright on a carved support, the eyes set with gilt-framed cabochon rubies height: 9cm (3 9/16in). Fußnoten Provenance Caroline, Lady Oppenheimer (1899-1971) Then by direct descent The carving of the owl and the choice of stone suggests production by a close contemporary of Fabergé's. An obsidian owl in the collection of Lillian Thomas Pratt and housed in its original Fabergé box resembles a carving by Denisov-Uralsky for an owl supplied to Cartier in 1911 (see G. von Habsburg, Fabergé Revealed, VMFA 2011, p. 208) underlining the variety of outlets for similar forms in the early 1900s. A labradorite owl from Lady de Grey, Marchioness of Ripon and descendent of Countess Catherine Woronzova, is illustrated in Bainbridge, London, plate 76.
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