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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A JEWELLED BOWENITE TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BELL-PUSH
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 53834
Details
A JEWELLED BOWENITE TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BELL-PUSH
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 53834
Of hemispherical form, on three feet cast as dolphins with ruby-set eyes, the gold-mounted base with a tied acanthus-chased rim in yellow and rose gold, the side applied with a gold band of interlacing laurel leaves articulated with cabochon rubies, all beneath a rose gold beaded rim, with a cabochon garnet push-piece set within a border of rose-cut diamonds, marked on mounts; in the original fitted Fabergé wooden case
2 ½ in. (6.2 cm.) wide
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 53834
Of hemispherical form, on three feet cast as dolphins with ruby-set eyes, the gold-mounted base with a tied acanthus-chased rim in yellow and rose gold, the side applied with a gold band of interlacing laurel leaves articulated with cabochon rubies, all beneath a rose gold beaded rim, with a cabochon garnet push-piece set within a border of rose-cut diamonds, marked on mounts; in the original fitted Fabergé wooden case
2 ½ in. (6.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (1861-1948), given to Lieutenant Major Moritz Lewy.
Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 29 November 2006, lot 85.
Private Collection, London, 2008.
Anonymous sale; Christie's London, 29 November 2006, lot 85.
Private Collection, London, 2008.
Literature
Exhibition Catalogue, The Palace Museum, Beijing, 2018, p. 644, no. 262.
Exhibited
Beijing, The Palace Museum, 17 April - 17 June 2018, no. 262.
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