Lot Essay
For a comparable brooch set with a sapphire, see Exhibition catalogue, A La Vieille Russie, Fabergé, New York, 22 April-21 May 1983, p. 107, no. 365.
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT SWEDISH COLLECTOR
A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL BROOCH
MARKED FABERGÉ, MOSCOW, 1899-1904
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A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL BROOCH
MARKED FABERGÉ, MOSCOW, 1899-1904
The lozenge body with a seed-pearl border, centring a ruby within a green gold laurel band, flanked by two diamonds, engraved in Russian on the reverse '1879-1904. / 4 September', marked throughout; in the original Fabergé wood case
1½ in. (3.7 cm.) long
MARKED FABERGÉ, MOSCOW, 1899-1904
The lozenge body with a seed-pearl border, centring a ruby within a green gold laurel band, flanked by two diamonds, engraved in Russian on the reverse '1879-1904. / 4 September', marked throughout; in the original Fabergé wood case
1½ in. (3.7 cm.) long
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