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Miniature Table with Compass
Michael Perkhinc. 1890–95
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
The giving of small precious objects as intimate gifts between family members within the imperial court was spurred by the House of Fabergé's seemingly endless supply of bejeweled utilitarian objects decorated as expensively as possible, such as this little desk compass disguising as a miniature table in the Louis XVI taste of the late 1700s.
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- Title: Miniature Table with Compass
- Creator: House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918), Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860–1903)
- Date Created: c. 1890–95
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 5.6 x 4.2 cm (2 3/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
- Provenance: India Early Minshall [1885–1965], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Miscellaneous
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.480
- Medium: gold, enamel, glass, steel
- Inscriptions: 56, crossed anchors [assay mark for St. Petersburg, 1882-99]; initials of workmaster Mikhail Perkhin (in Cyrillic); Fabergé (in Cyrillic).
- Fun Fact: A small compass is concealed in the top of this miniature table for use when looking at maps.
- Department: Decorative Art and Design
- Culture: Russia, St. Petersburg
- Credit Line: The India Early Minshall Collection
- Collection: Decorative Arts
- Accession Number: 1966.480
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