A JEWELLED NEPHRITE MODEL OF A CROCODILE BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 Carved realistically as a crocodile, with rose-cut diamond-set eyes, apparently unmarked; in a fitted Wartski case 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) long Provenance Purchased by Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928) from the St Petersburg branch of Fabergé on 9 February 1895 for 160 roubles. HRH Thyra, Princess of Denmark, the Crown Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale (1853-1933). HRH Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1884-1958). Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick (1914-1987). HRH Monika, Princess of Hanover, Countess zu Solms-Laubach (1929-2015). Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 24 November 2008, lot 94. Private collection, London, 2008.
A JEWELLED NEPHRITE MODEL OF A CROCODILE BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900 Carved realistically as a crocodile, with rose-cut diamond-set eyes, apparently unmarked; in a fitted Wartski case 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) long Provenance Purchased by Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928) from the St Petersburg branch of Fabergé on 9 February 1895 for 160 roubles. HRH Thyra, Princess of Denmark, the Crown Princess of Hanover, Duchess of Cumberland and Teviotdale (1853-1933). HRH Princess Olga of Hanover and Cumberland, Princess of Great Britain and Ireland, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1884-1958). Ernest Augustus IV, Prince of Hanover, Hereditary Prince of Brunswick (1914-1987). HRH Monika, Princess of Hanover, Countess zu Solms-Laubach (1929-2015). Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 24 November 2008, lot 94. Private collection, London, 2008.
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