Lot Essay
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
A GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE AND ENAMEL BOX
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1898, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 58545
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A GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE AND ENAMEL BOX
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1898, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 58545
Rectangular, on four bun feet, the sides mounted with gold reeded borders champlevé enamelled with leaf-tips in translucent green on opaque white ground, marked on mounts, in a fitted red leather Wartski case
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) wide
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1898, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 58545
Rectangular, on four bun feet, the sides mounted with gold reeded borders champlevé enamelled with leaf-tips in translucent green on opaque white ground, marked on mounts, in a fitted red leather Wartski case
3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Emperor Nicholas II (1868-1918), purchased from Fabergé's St Petersburg branch on 9 March 1898 for 500 roubles.
With Wartski, London.
With Wartski, London.
Literature
A.K. Snowman, Carl Fabergé Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia, New York, 1979, illustrated p. 138.
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé 1846-1920, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1977, listed p. 109, illustrated p. 122.
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé 1846-1920, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1977, listed p. 109, illustrated p. 122.
Exhibited
London, Victoria & Albert Museum, Fabergé 1846-1920, 23 June-25 September 1977, case P, no. 10.
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