A GEM-SET TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER PARASOL HANDLE

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AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF FABERGÉ MASTERPIECES AND IMPERIAL TREASURES

A GEM-SET TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER PARASOL HANDLE

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF FEODOR AFANASSIEV, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 20596

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A GEM-SET TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ AND CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMEL SILVER PARASOL HANDLE
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF FEODOR AFANASSIEV, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 20596
The tapering cylindrical handle enamelled in translucent lavender gray over a wavy guilloché ground, with two alternating panels enamelled in beige over a wavy guilloché ground, set with entwined gold laurel bands, within opaque white enamelled borders, framed with two ribbon-tied laurel mounts, the flower-shaped finial set with a foil-backed gem, possibly an almandine garnet, marked on mounts; in the original silk and velvet-lined wood case stamped 'Fabergé St Petersburg Moscow London' beneath the Imperial warrant
6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm.) long

Provenance

Purchased by Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna (1867-1935) from Fabergé's St Petersburg branch on 9 September 1910 for 145 roubles.
De Lacelle family.
With A. Tillander, Helsinki.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner in 1983.

Literature

E. Welander-Berggren, Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Tsar, Stockholm, 1996, p. 200, no. 207 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 285, no. 744 (illustrated).

Exhibited

Helsinki, 1988.
Helsinki, Museum of Arts and Crafts, 1991.
Stockholm, Christie’s, 1996.
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Tsar, 6 June 1996 – 19 October 1997, no. 207.
Lahti, The Lahti Art Museum, Fabergé: Loistavaa kultasepäntaidetta, 14 March – 4 May 1997.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Center, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, 8 September 2000 – 18 February 2001, no. 744.
Helsinki, Design museum, Festivities at Winter Palace, 2009.

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Lot Essay

Princess Anastasia (1868–1935) was born into the Royal family of Montenegro. Through her second marriage to Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929) in April 1907, she became Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna. Anastasia and her sister Princess Milica were close friends of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna and introduced Grigori Rasputin to the Imperial family.

De Lacelle was a diplomat and stationed in St Petersburg during the 1900s.

We are grateful to Dr. Valentin Skurlov for his assistance with the research of the present lot.

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