Miniature Teapot
Cleveland Museum of Art

Miniature Teapot

Mikhail Evlampievich Perkhin (Russian, 1860–1903) · 1886–96

gold, bowenite
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Sometimes called "new jade," bowenite is actually considered a semi-precious gemstone. Though Fabergé obtained his supply from the Ural Mountains of Russia, bowenite is also the state mineral of Rhode Island.

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