BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 70192

Details

A SILVER-TOPPED GOLD-MOUNTED DIAMOND AND SAPPHIRE BROOCH
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 70192
A rose-cut diamond-set bar brooch, centring a cabochon sapphire within a diamond-set border, marked on pin and loop
1 3/8 in. (3.6 cm.) long

Provenance

Purchased by Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna (1875-1960) from Fabergé's St Petersburg branch on 18 January 1903 for 95 roubles.

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Lot Essay

Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna was the eldest daughter of Emperor Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna and the sister of Emperor Nicholas II. In 1894, she married her cousin, Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich of Russia, with whom she had seven children. Following the revolution, Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna fled Russia, eventually settling in the United Kingdom.

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

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