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MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER'S MARK OF VICTOR AARNE, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1885, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 1147
Details
Silver and guilloché enamel photograph frame
marked Fabergé, workmaster's mark of Victor Aarne, St. Petersburg, circa 1885, with scratched inventory number 1147
The oval frame with conforming seed-pearl bezel, surrounded by a band of translucent blue enamel over radiating wavy ground, with gadrooned border, surmounted by a ribbon, ivory back with shaped scroll strut, marked on the rim and strut, in original fitted wooden case, stamped in the cover in Russian 'K. Fabergé St. Petersburg Moscow' with the Imperial warrant
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
marked Fabergé, workmaster's mark of Victor Aarne, St. Petersburg, circa 1885, with scratched inventory number 1147
The oval frame with conforming seed-pearl bezel, surrounded by a band of translucent blue enamel over radiating wavy ground, with gadrooned border, surmounted by a ribbon, ivory back with shaped scroll strut, marked on the rim and strut, in original fitted wooden case, stamped in the cover in Russian 'K. Fabergé St. Petersburg Moscow' with the Imperial warrant
2¾ in. (7 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's, London, 17 December 1982, lot 87. The British Ambassador to St. Petersburg, circa 1900. Thence by descent.
Special Notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Sale Room Notice
Please note the back of this frame is not ivory as stated in the catalogue and does not require a CITES licence for export purposes.