Miniature Table with Compass
House of Fabergé
1890–1895
- Medium
- gold, enamel, glass, steel
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5.6 x 4.2 cm (2 3/16 x 1 5/8 in.)
- Genre
- Miscellaneous
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Russia, St. Petersburg
About
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.
