A JEWELLED AND GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE BONBONNIÈRE

BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1900, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 58832

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A JEWELLED AND GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE BONBONNIÈRE
BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1900, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 58832
Formed as an apple, the agate body mounted with diamond borders, the hinged cover set with a rose-cut diamond, cabochon emerald thumb-piece, unmarked
1¾ in. (3.5 cm.) high

Provenance

The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), purchased from Fabergé's St Petersburg branch on 9 March 1898 for 190 roubles.

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Lot Essay

For a similar apple-shaped citrine bonbonnière, see U. Tillander-Godenhielm, Fabergén suomalaiset mestarit, Helsinki, 2011, p. 68.

We are grateful to Valentin Skurlov for helping research this bonbonnière.

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