Details
A SILVER-GILT GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL MINIATURE VASE
MARKED K. FABERGÉ WITH THE IMPERIAL WARRANT, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ANDERS (ANTTI) NEVALAINEN, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 17338
Cylindrical, enamelled in translucent strawberry red over a wavy guilloché ground, the sides applied with five ribbon-tied laurel swags, suspended from rosettes with ribbon crests, between ribbon-tied reeded borders, marked under base, also with import marks
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, Geneva, 27 April 1977, lot 471.
Literature
G. von Habsburg and A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Court Jeweler to the Tsars, Fribourg, 1979, p. 23, pl. 23.
Special Notice
These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.