Miniature Table with Compass

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Miniature Table with Compass

House of FabergéLinkedCulture matchlcp-f2cad58269e3

Date
c. 1890–95
Medium
gold, enamel, glass, steel
Culture
Russia, St. Petersburg
Department
Decorative Art and Design
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
142781

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. A small compass is concealed in the top of this miniature table for use when looking at maps.

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Credit line
The India Early Minshall Collection
Provenance
?-1966: India Early Minshall [1885–1965], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1966-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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