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A LARGE JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT BONBONNIÈRE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF FEODOR AFANASSIEV, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 21339
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A LARGE JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT BONBONNIÈRE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF FEODOR AFANASSIEV, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 21339
Circular, the hinged cover and body enamelled in translucent oyster white over a radiating guilloché ground, the green gold mount of the hinged cover cast as laurel band, thumb-piece set with rose-cut diamonds, interior gilt, marked inside cover, base and on rims
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) diameter
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF FEODOR AFANASSIEV, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 21339
Circular, the hinged cover and body enamelled in translucent oyster white over a radiating guilloché ground, the green gold mount of the hinged cover cast as laurel band, thumb-piece set with rose-cut diamonds, interior gilt, marked inside cover, base and on rims
3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) diameter
Provenance
With A.B.S. Magaliff, Stockholm.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner in 1979.
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner in 1979.
Exhibited
Helsinki, 1988.
Helsinki, 1990.
Helsinki, Museum of Arts and Crafts, 1991.
Stockholm, Christie’s, 1996.
Lahti, The Lahti Art Museum, Fabergé: Loistavaa kultasepäntaidetta, 14 March – 4 May 1997.
Helsinki, 1990.
Helsinki, Museum of Arts and Crafts, 1991.
Stockholm, Christie’s, 1996.
Lahti, The Lahti Art Museum, Fabergé: Loistavaa kultasepäntaidetta, 14 March – 4 May 1997.
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