Lot Essay
For other examples of bell-pushes with hardstone tortoises, see G. Von Habsburg, Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 172, nos. 364-365.
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A RARE JEWELLED SILVER-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND HARDSTONE BELL-PUSH
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 4724
Three cylindrical silver-mounted bell-pushes, enamelled in translucent white over a wavy guilloché ground, the top of each surmounted by obsidian, amazonite and tiger's eye push-pieces modelled as tortoises, the sides similarly enamelled and mounted with cabochon garnet-set ribbon-tied laurel swags, on three bun feet, centring an acanthus rosette set with a cabochon ruby, marked on mounts and on base
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) wide
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 4724
Three cylindrical silver-mounted bell-pushes, enamelled in translucent white over a wavy guilloché ground, the top of each surmounted by obsidian, amazonite and tiger's eye push-pieces modelled as tortoises, the sides similarly enamelled and mounted with cabochon garnet-set ribbon-tied laurel swags, on three bun feet, centring an acanthus rosette set with a cabochon ruby, marked on mounts and on base
3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm.) wide
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