It’s also #WorldChimpanzeeDay today!
#Chimpanzee
House of #Fabergé
Russia (St. Petersburg), c. 1900
Agate, gilded silver, diamond
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1900 -
on display at The Walters Art Museum Across Asia exhibition

Look what I found right as I was leaving #moma #TheMet #nyc #faberge

Here is a one-of-a-kind piece from #Fabergé for #NationalAardvarkWeek: this lovely little agate #aardvark with rose diamond eyes c. 1910 was bought by King George V in 1914 from Fabergé's London branch for £18. It's now in the Royal Collection Trust:https://rct.uk/collection/40471/aardvark
#AardvarksAareAawesome

For #TurtleTuesday: Turtle Bell Push, c. 1895–1915, House of #Fabergé, #Russia, St. Petersburg. Agate, gold, silver, diamonds, rubies, 2.6 x 7.7 x 6.1 cm.
“To summon the butler, a quick push on the turtle's head would ring the bell downstairs.”
Cleveland Museum of Art collection: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.473

Another cool #Fabergé #snail: c. 1907, 1.9 x 2.0 x 0.9 cm, parti-colored cream and brown agate, "unusual because it has been carved in the manner of a cameo, with the different strata of the stone used to define the tips of the snail’s tentacles and distinguish its shell from its body."
Royal Collection Trust collection:
https://rct.uk/collection/search#/70/collection/40089/snail

For a slow Sunday here are some #Fabergé nephrite jade #snails:

1. late 19th/early 20th century, 4.8 x 8.1 x 3.2 cm
Victoria & Albert Museum:
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O113797/carving-faberg%C3%A9/carving-faberg%C3%A9/carving-faberg%C3%A9/

2 c. 1900, with diamond eyes, 5.5 x 12.3 x 4.1 cm
Cincinnati Art Museum:
https://www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org/art/explore-the-collection?id=19975860

3. c. 1885-1905, with rose aventurine quartz shell & gold tentacles, 4.9 × 4.8 × 10.8 cm
Art Institute of Chicago:
https://www.artic.edu/artworks/49762/miniature-snail

Tube of You video (17:50) from 2 yrs ago about Faberge eggs. If still true, I could see them at VMFA - VA Museum of Fine Arts in *Richmond*, Walters Art Museum in *Baltimore*, and Hillwood Museum in *DC*!
My fav is easily the mosaic one where each square is a gemstone.
#TopDown #RoadTrip #summer #vacation #convertible #mustang #rubies #diamonds #gold #platinum #pearls #gems #gemstones #Faberge #eggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=focZlCUp5c0

My favorite item from my visit yesterday to the Virginia Museum of Fine Art.

Silver gilt and enamel covered tankard, made by the Russian Ovchinnikov Firm in 1890.

#VMFA #Virginia #Richmond #Art #Museum #fabergé #DecorativeArts