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Perch for the Parrot on a Perch

Michael Perkhin1896–1903

The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

This frame is meant to hold a hardstone parrot sitting on a perch. In creating luxurious accessories for a desk or tabletop, Fabergé often used native hardstones such as multicolored agate and jasper, green nephrite, pink rhodonite, and rock crystal found in the Ural Mountains of western Russia. By paying careful attention to the unique colors and textures of the stones, Fabergé and his craftsmen brought them to life, turning milky agate into a begging poodle or green and black jasper into a parrot sitting on a perch. The use of native materials also promoted Russian nationalism, which appealed greatly to the tsar and his family.

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  • Title: Perch for the Parrot on a Perch
  • Creator: Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860–1903), House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918)
  • Date Created: 1896–1903
  • Physical Dimensions: Overall: 15.3 x 7.4 cm (6 x 2 15/16 in.)
  • Provenance: (Christie's, London, November 25, 1958, lot 152), India Early Minshall [1885–1965], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Type: Miscellaneous
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.447.b
  • Medium: Silver, enamel
  • Fun Fact: This perch is part of a figure of a parrot sitting on a perch.
  • Department: Decorative Art and Design
  • Culture: Russia, St. Petersburg
  • Credit Line: The India Early Minshall Collection
  • Collection: Decorative Arts
  • Accession Number: 1966.447.b
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