MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 36829

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A SILVER-GILT CLOISONNÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL TABLE BOX
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 36829
Rectangular, the hinged cover centring an en plein enamelled cartouche depicting Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich Choosing a Bride after Konstantin Makovsky, enamelled overall with floral and geometric motifs in shades of brown, olive, cream, blue and red on green and blue grounds, the lower border of the sides enamelled with fly agaric mushrooms, marked under base
3½ in. (8.9 cm.) wide

Provenance

Acquired by Peter Theodor Oktavius Christensen Tversted in Russia in 1920-1930.
By descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Peter Theodor Oktavius Christensen Tversted worked for the Danish Great Northern Telegraph Company, in Danish called "Det Store Nordiske Telegraf-Selskab" in Russia in the 1920s and 1930s. Founded in 1868, the company is responsible for laying and maintaining cable in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, Russia and the Far East.

For a similar box by Feodor Rückert with an en plein enamelled scene after a painting by Konstantin Makovsky, see Christie's, London, 29 November 2006, lot 150. For other similar boxes by Feodor Rückert with en plein enamelled scenes see Christie's, London, 9 June 2009, lot 163; Christie's, New York, 23 October 2000, lot 8; Christie's, London, 8 April 1987, lot 168; and Christie's, New York, 26 October 1982, lot 238.

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