MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER'S INITIALS INDISTINCT, ST. PETERSBURG, 1896-1908

Details

A jewelled, enamel and gold vanity-case
marked Fabergé, workmaster's initials indistinct, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908
Rectangular, the cover enamelled in translucent deep blue over a waved ground and applied with rose-diamond interlaced LL's within an oval and trellis border, the depicting three notes on a treble clef within an oval, with tied laurel branches beneath and ribbon-bow cresting suspending floral festoons of blue basse-taille enamel, the sides with similar laurel festoons, the interior with two hinged compartments and mirror, marked in base and on interior compartments
3½ in. (9 cm.) long

Special Notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

Lot Essay

For a similar box with initials E B for the celebrated actress Mme. Balletta, see G. de Habsbourg-Lorraine and A. de Solodkoff, Fabergé Joaillier à la Cour de Russie, Fribourg, 1979, no. 150, p. 131, illustrated p. 128.

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