A JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE CANE HANDLE

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Property from the Vertical Art Collection, the proceeds to benefit the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and the University of California San Francisco Thoracic Oncology Lung Cancer Program (Lots 239-250). This cane handle is one of twelve lots offered from the Vertical Art Collection, formed by an American private collector who chooses to remain anonymous. On November 30th a larger group of works from the same collection will be offered for sale at Christie's New York. These sales reveal but a glimpse of a collection that only became known more broadly in 2008 with the publication of Vertical Art: The Enduring Beauty of Antique Canes and Walking Sticks. The startling tableaux by photographer Umberto Barone depicts canes of semi-precious stones inset with diamonds within a dazzling panorama of canes of diverse periods, styles and materials.

A JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE CANE HANDLE

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

Details

A JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE CANE HANDLE
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
The ovoid nephrite handle inset with a diamond Cyrillic initial 'V' beneath the Imperial crown, above a collar cast and chased with c-scrolls, foliage and floral motifs, with wood shaft, marked on collar, the handle with a felt-lined fitted case
The handle 3 1/8 in. (8.1 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Olivier Coutau-Bégarie, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17 June 2005, lot 183.

Literature

Vertical Art: The Enduring Beauty of Antique Canes and Walking Sticks, Milan, 2008, illustrated p. 237, listed p. [489], no. 334.

Special Notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

The Cyrillic initial 'V' beneath the Imperial crown probably represents one of two possible cyphers, that of Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich (1847-1909) or Grand Duchess Victoria Feodorovna (1876-1936).

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