BELL PUSH
Creator(s): Fabergé (Firm) , Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Workmaster)
On view in: Icon Room
About this object
The bell push is carved in the shape of a covered vase resting on base and three ball feet in gold. The cover is fluted and set with a small cabochon ruby surrounded by diamonds. A yellow gold chased band enriches the rim. Six swags of ribbon tied laurel leaves in red and green gold adorn the sides and hang from tiny cabochon rubies.
- Object name:
- BELL PUSH
- Made from:
- Gold -- nephrite (jade) -- diamonds -- rubies
- Made in:
- Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Date made:
- 1886-1898
- Size:
- 2 3/16 × 1 15/16 in. (5.6 × 4.9 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 11.71
- Class:
- GOLD
- Signature marks:
- MARK: crossed anchors and scepter for St. Petersburg (before 1899); 56 gold standard; M.P in Cyrillic for workmaster Mikhail Perkhin(chief workmaster in 1886-1903) [on rim] SCRATCH MARK: B53G KHM 1-1-
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973