Bulldog
Cleveland Museum of Art

Bulldog

House of Fabergé (Russian, 1842–1918) · c. 1895–1915

amethystine quartz, diamonds
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Fabergé's lapidaries carefully chose the stones to resemble the color and texture of the figure they were sculpting. The smoky quartz used for this bulldog was polished to resemble his dark shiny coat.

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