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A Gold-Mounted Wood Photograph Frame
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A Gold-Mounted Wood Photograph Frame

MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

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A Gold-Mounted Wood Photograph Frame
Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Square with cut corners, formed as a porthole, the aperture on a swivel hinge, the back of the frame inscribed in Russian 'From Sandro 1894', with wood strut, marked on reverse and side of aperture
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich.
Prince Nikita Alexandrovich Romanov.
Prince Alexandre Nikitich Romanov.
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Lot Essay

Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich, known also as Sandro, was born in 1866 to Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich of Russia, the youngest son of Nicholas I of Russia, and Grand Duchess Olga Feodorovna (neé Princess Cecily of Baden). In 1894, he married Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna, the eldest daughter of Tsar Alexander III and sister of Tsar Nicholas II. In 1885 Grand Duke Alexander graduated from the Naval Academy in St. Petersburg with the rank of Midshipman and remained on active duty until 1918, rising to the rank of Vice-Admiral.

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