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BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF ALFRED THIELEMANN, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 17915
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A JEWELLED GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL PENDANT WATCH
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF ALFRED THIELEMANN, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 17915
The front cover enamelled in translucent pearl white over a striped guilloché ground, set with sapphires and diamonds, suspended from a similarly decorated bar-brooch, the watch engraved ‘H[enr]y Moser’, marked on pin and loop; in the original Fabergé wood case
2 3/8 in. (5.9 cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF ALFRED THIELEMANN, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 17915
The front cover enamelled in translucent pearl white over a striped guilloché ground, set with sapphires and diamonds, suspended from a similarly decorated bar-brooch, the watch engraved ‘H[enr]y Moser’, marked on pin and loop; in the original Fabergé wood case
2 3/8 in. (5.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, Geneva, 26 April 1978, lot 313.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, Geneva, 30 November 1982, lot 275.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, Geneva, 30 November 1982, lot 275.
Literature
G. von Habsburg and A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Court Jeweler to the Tsars, Fribourg, 1979, listed p. 77, illustrated pl. 85.
Special Notice
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