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Johann Victor Aarne (1863-1934)

Thermometer before 1896

Silver-gilt, guilloché enamel and ivory | 19.7 x 5.6 x 1.2 cm (whole object) | RCIN 32448

Johann Victor Aarne (1863-1934)

Thermometer before 1896

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Description

Fabergé’s practical objects included highly decorative thermometers; he even produced clinical thermometers. Examples fitted with strut supports are known, including one also enamelled in mauve and made by Viktor Aarne.

Mark of Viktor Aarne; silver mark of 88 zolotniks (before 1896)

Text adapted from Fabergé in the Royal Collection

Provenance

Bought by Tsar Nicholas II, 1898
People involved

Creator(s)

Search the collection Johann Victor Aarne (1863-1934)
(workmaster)

Search the collection Fabergé
(jeweller)

Acquirer(s)

Search the collection Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia (1868-1918)
Physical properties

Medium and techniques

Silver-gilt, guilloché enamel and ivory

silver gilt, gilt, enamel, glass (material), ivory

gilded, mounted, guilloché, gadrooned

Measurements

19.7 x 5.6 x 1.2 cm (whole object)
Groupings
Category
Fabergé
Object type(s)
measuring devices
thermometers
tools and equipment
desk equipment
Subject(s)
Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
Decorative techniques & surface decoration
Floral decorations
Garlands
Decorative motifs
Swags
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Botany
Systematic botany
Flowering plants
Roses
Places

Place of Production

St Petersburg [Russia]

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