FABERGÉ TECKEL In finely carved and polished agate imitating short hair, the eyes set with rose-cut diamonds, shown seated looking to his left. Circa 1900. An agate and rose cut diamond "dachshund" sculpture, by Fabergé. Circa 1900. RC : Marked "F" for Fabergé under right front paw and "L" for London under left front paw. Marks in pencil "HSE" and "n° 963" under the hind legs. Dimensions: H. 5 x W. 5.5 x D. 3.2 cm. Gross weight: 56.0 g. Provenance: - Presumably sold by Fabergé's London shop. Related works: - A seated dachshund in agate and diamond eyes, the polished body imitating short hair, by Fabergé, in its original case, circa 1900, 5 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm, held at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (USA), inv. 47.20.244. From the collections of Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna at the Anichkov Palace. - An agate dachshund with diamond eyes, by Fabergé, circa 1907, 4.3 x 7.3 x 2.1 cm, in the Royal Collection Trust (UK), inv. RCIN 40392. Commissioned by King Edward VII in 1907 for Sandringham Palace. - An agate dachshund with diamond eyes, head turned to the right, by Fabergé, in its original case, circa 1900, L. 5.3 cm, in the Pierre Mirabaud Collection (Switzerland), reproduced in the catalogue by Alice Ilich, "A gentleman's obsession", no. 445. From a gift from Queen Marie of Hanover to her granddaughter Marie Louise, wife of Prince Max of Baden.