15 - FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE QUARTZ MODEL OF A HARE, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900 naturalistically carved to depict a crouching hare, its ears pinned back, the eyes set with rose cut diamonds, apparently unmarked, within its original Faberge wooden case. Length 4.8cm (1 7/8 inches).

FABERGE, A JEWELLED AVENTURINE QUARTZ MODEL OF A HARE, ST PETERSBURG CIRCA 1900 naturalistically carved to depict a crouching hare, its ears pinned back, the eyes set with rose cut diamonds, apparently unmarked, within its original Faberge wooden case. Length 4.8cm (1 7/8 inches). Provenance - Collection of George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe (1920 - 1984), thence by descent. - Sotheby's Geneva, 16 May 2025, lot 1007. - Private Collection UK Literature - Exhibition catalogue, S. Dale, Fabergé: The Castle Howard Collection, London, 1995, p. 8, illustrated. Exhibited - London, Tessier, Fabergé: The Castle Howard Collection, 20 November - 9 December 1995, no. 3 - London, HHA AGM, Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, 1997