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Coburg ivory at the Getty

The Getty Museum in Los Angeles features an ornamental turned ivory object created by the German sculptor Marcus Heiden in the early 17th century. Heiden's fragile and intricate ivory objects were plundered as spoils of war in Coburg in 1632, and were placed in the Florentine treasure house of the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, today called the Museo degli Argenti (Museum of Silver Objects). It appears at least one of them has been spirited off to the United States as part of the Getty Museum collection in Los Angeles, California.

Original vs. modern-style Fabergé

Objects from the House of Fabergé were made up until the Russian Revolution in 1918, when the Bolsheviks closed down the shop in St. Petersburg. Soon after, objects were sold by the Soviet government throughout the world and began appearing at auctions in the 1930s. In the 1950s, Fabergé's grandson Theo began creating elegant objets d’art from rare wood and ivory using a Holtzapffel lathe. In 1984, he was persuaded to produce the more originally styled "St. Petersburg Collection" which his daughter Sarah continues today. Additionally, in the early 1990s, major American museums that owned authentic Fabergé allowed licensed reproductions to be made for sale in their museum stores.

 

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Gallery of Ornamental Turning

Where can I see ornamental turnings?

Museums and antique dealers showing ivory works and ornamental turnings created by European craftsmen from the 17th through 19th centuries:

Fabergé eggs and other objects created by the House of Fabergé are often on display at museums throughout the world. Here are a few:

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Museums and galleries showing contemporary ornamental turning work:

Private collections with ornamental turning work: