A jewelled and enamelled hardstone study of a
French bulldog by Carl Fabergé,

naturalistically carved from petrified wood in a seated position, with the oversized head and ears
that characterise the breed, wearing a yellow gold collar enamelled opaque black and white,
fastened by a rose diamond set buckle, each of the belt holes set with rose diamonds, mounted
with a ring for a lead to the rear and suspending a gold bell,
its eyes set with two large old brilliant cut diamonds.

Signed ‘C. Fabergé’ in Latin characters to the underside
and engraved ‘C. Fabergé’ in Cyrillic to loop.

St. Petersburg, circa 1916,
inventory number: 23914.

9cm tall

Contained in its original double door, fitted silk and
velvet lined hollywood case

Fabergé used wood in a number of areas of his work. He was alone in noticing that the
coloured inclusion of petrified wood made the stone ideal for representing fur. He utilised it
when specimens became available and this dog is his largest known use of it.

Provenance:

The dog appears in Fabergé’s London sales ledgers and was sold on
21st November 1916 to Mrs Mango for £90 having cost 520 roubles.

Wartski,
Sold to Sir Bernard Eckstein 26th January 1935 for £25 (stock no 150D)
Sold by Sir Bernard with Winter Egg at Sothebys February 1949.
Wartski
Valerie Hobson, Mrs Profumo.
Wartski,

Illustrated:
The Art of Carl Fabergé, A. K Snowman,
London, 1952, plate 214

Luxury in Wood: Forgotten Fabergé,
Antique Dealer and Collectors Guide,
May/June 2004

Exhibited:

Fabergé a loan exhibition of the works of Carl Fabergé:
Jeweller and Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia,
Wartski, London, 8th to 25th November 1949, no. 126.

Fabergé from Private Collections,
Wartski, London, 1992, no. 40.