Details
A Jewelled Gold and Guilloché Enamel Box
Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St Petersburg, circa 1890
Circular, enamelled in translucent red over a wavy guilloché ground, the hinged cover centring a gold five ruble coin depicting Empress Catherine II, within a diamond-set border, the base centring a gold coin dated 1775 within a chased laurel band, with diamond-set thumb-piece, marked inside
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) diameter
Literature
A La Vieille Russie, exhibition catalogue, The Art of Peter Carl Fabergé, New York, 1961, No. 133, p. 45, illustrated.
A La Vieille Russie, exhibition catalogue, Fabergé, a Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Design, April 22-May 21, 1983, New York, 1983, No. 166, p. 68, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, The Art of Peter Carl Fabergé, October 25-November 7 1961, No. 133.
New York, Fabergé, a Loan Exhibition for the Benefit of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian's National Museum of Design, April 22-May 21, 1983, No. 166.
Special Notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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