16 - FABERGE, A RARE JEWELLED SMOKY QUARTZ MODEL OF A VOLE, ST PETERSBURG 1900 naturalistically carved to depict a vole, with its tail curved beneath it, the eyes set with rose cut diamonds, apparently unmarked. Length 2.2cm (7/8 of an inch).

FABERGE, A RARE JEWELLED SMOKY QUARTZ MODEL OF A VOLE, ST PETERSBURG 1900 naturalistically carved to depict a vole, with its tail curved beneath it, the eyes set with rose cut diamonds, apparently unmarked. Length 2.2cm (7/8 of an inch). Provenance - Collection of George Howard, Baron Howard of Henderskelfe (1920 - 1984), thence by descent. - Sotheby's Geneva, 16 May 2025, lot 1012. - Private Collection UK Literature - Exhibition catalogue, S. Dale, Fabergé: The Castle Howard Collection, London, 1995, p. 20 (illustrated). - G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 306, no. 789 (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 - Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 789.