Lot 241
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A GROUP OF THIRTY-ONE JEWELLED, GOLD, SILVER, GLASS, HARDSTONE AND ENAMEL EGG PENDANTS AND CHARMS
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A GROUP OF THIRTY-ONE JEWELLED, GOLD, SILVER, GLASS, HARDSTONE AND ENAMEL EGG PENDANTS AND CHARMS

SOME BY FABERGÉ, VARIOUS DATES AND TOWN MARKS

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A GROUP OF THIRTY-ONE JEWELLED, GOLD, SILVER, GLASS, HARDSTONE AND ENAMEL EGG PENDANTS AND CHARMS


SOME BY FABERGÉ, VARIOUS DATES AND TOWN MARKS
One gold and one silver-gilt chain, suspending fifteen and sixteen eggs respectively, each in either guilloché enamel, hardstone, silver or gold, some with diamonds, rubies and sapphires, some marked on loops


¾ in. (1.5 cm.) high and smaller, without suspension loops
Provenance
Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna; Sotheby's, New York, 22 April 2009, lot 314 (part).
Acquired at the above by the present owner.
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Lot Essay

Grand Duchess Elizaveta Mavrikievna (1865-1927), née Princess Elisabeth Auguste Marie Agnes of Saxe-Altenburg, was the wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich. Elizaveta was known as ‘Mavra’ within the Romanov family and had a very good relationship with her Russian relatives. Both Elizaveta Mavrikievna and her husband were patrons of the arts and sponsored numerous exhibitions in St Petersburg. Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858-1915), was the grandson of Emperor Nicholas I and an important Silver Age poet and playwright, who wrote under the pseudonym KR. Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich also served as the President of the Academy of Sciences and as Inspector-General of Military Schools, helping to liberalise the education system.
After the revolution, Elizaveta Mavrikievna and her two sons managed to leave Russia for Sweden.

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