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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 46928
Details
A JEWELLED AND VARICOLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE GUM-POT
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 46928
Of tapering cylindrical form, the bowenite body and hinged cover applied with gold pilasters in the Greek style, decorated with varicolour gold swags suspended from cabochon rubies, the mount at the base set with six rose-cut diamonds, on six baluster-shaped feet, the cover surmounted by a cabochon moonstone within a diamond-set border, marked on mounts with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
2 1⁄8 in. (5.5 cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 46928
Of tapering cylindrical form, the bowenite body and hinged cover applied with gold pilasters in the Greek style, decorated with varicolour gold swags suspended from cabochon rubies, the mount at the base set with six rose-cut diamonds, on six baluster-shaped feet, the cover surmounted by a cabochon moonstone within a diamond-set border, marked on mounts with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
2 1⁄8 in. (5.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 11 November 1975, lot 260.
Literature
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé, Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, 1986, p. 171, no. 244 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. Kostbarkeiten Russischer Goldschmiedekunst der Jahrkunderwende, Zurich, 1989, p. 48, no. 68(illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, St Petersburg, 1993, p. 356, no. 250 (illustrated).
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Heidelberg, 1995, p. 189, no. 203 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, Stockholm, 1997, p. 138, no. 93 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 171, no. 359 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 11, no. 5 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. Kostbarkeiten Russischer Goldschmiedekunst der Jahrkunderwende, Zurich, 1989, p. 48, no. 68(illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, St Petersburg, 1993, p. 356, no. 250 (illustrated).
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Heidelberg, 1995, p. 189, no. 203 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, Stockholm, 1997, p. 138, no. 93 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 171, no. 359 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 11, no. 5 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Munich, Kunsthalle of the Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé, 5 December 1986 - 8 March 1987, no. 244.
New York, Habsburg, Feldman, The Josiane Woolf Fabergé Collection, 3 - 9 November 1988, no. 2.
Zurich, Museum Bellerive, Carl Fabergé. Kostbarkeiten Russischer Goldschmiedekunst der Jahrkunderwende, 31 May - September 1989, no. 68.
St Petersburg, Hermitage State Museum; Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs; London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, June 1993 - April 1994, no. 250.
Hamburg, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Fabergé, Juweilier des Zarenhofes, 12 April - 25 June 1995, no. 203.
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, 6 - 19 October 1997, no. 93.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 359.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 5.
New York, Habsburg, Feldman, The Josiane Woolf Fabergé Collection, 3 - 9 November 1988, no. 2.
Zurich, Museum Bellerive, Carl Fabergé. Kostbarkeiten Russischer Goldschmiedekunst der Jahrkunderwende, 31 May - September 1989, no. 68.
St Petersburg, Hermitage State Museum; Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs; London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, June 1993 - April 1994, no. 250.
Hamburg, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Fabergé, Juweilier des Zarenhofes, 12 April - 25 June 1995, no. 203.
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, 6 - 19 October 1997, no. 93.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 359.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 5.
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