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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Details
A JEWELLED AND GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE CANE HANDLE
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Realistically carved as a snake's head, the eyes set with old-cut diamonds, with a reeded gold mount, applied with rose-cut diamond-set ties, marked on mount with workmaster's initials
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Realistically carved as a snake's head, the eyes set with old-cut diamonds, with a reeded gold mount, applied with rose-cut diamond-set ties, marked on mount with workmaster's initials
3 in. (7.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 16-18 November 1993, lot 606.
Literature
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Heidelberg, 1995, p. 181, no. 195 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé - A Private Collection, Helsinki, 1997, p. 25, no. 30 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 160, no. 315 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé - Cartier, Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, 2003, illustrated p. 163, no. 61 (illustrated).
Fritz Falk, Serpentina - Snake Jewellery from around the World, Germany, 2011, p. 82 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Japonisme: from Falize to Fabergé, London, 2011, p. 110, no. 211 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 146, no. 122 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé - A Private Collection, Helsinki, 1997, p. 25, no. 30 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 160, no. 315 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé - Cartier, Rivalen am Zarenhof, Munich, 2003, illustrated p. 163, no. 61 (illustrated).
Fritz Falk, Serpentina - Snake Jewellery from around the World, Germany, 2011, p. 82 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Japonisme: from Falize to Fabergé, London, 2011, p. 110, no. 211 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 146, no. 122 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Hamburg, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Fabergé, Juweilier des Zarenhofes, 12 April - 25 June 1995, no. 195.
Lahti, Lahti Art Museum, Fabergé - A Private Collection, 14 March - 4 May 1997, no. 30.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 315.
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé/Cartier, Rivals at the Tsar’s Court, 28 November 2003 - 12 April 2004, no. 61.
Brussels, Espace Culturel ING, Fabergé, Joaillier des Romanov, 19 October - 5 February 2006, no. 126.
London, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 10 - 20 May 2011, no. 211.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 122.
Pforzheim, Schmuckmuseum, Serpentina - Snake Jewellery from around the World, 16 November 2011 - 26 February 2012.
Lahti, Lahti Art Museum, Fabergé - A Private Collection, 14 March - 4 May 1997, no. 30.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 315.
Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé/Cartier, Rivals at the Tsar’s Court, 28 November 2003 - 12 April 2004, no. 61.
Brussels, Espace Culturel ING, Fabergé, Joaillier des Romanov, 19 October - 5 February 2006, no. 126.
London, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 10 - 20 May 2011, no. 211.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 122.
Pforzheim, Schmuckmuseum, Serpentina - Snake Jewellery from around the World, 16 November 2011 - 26 February 2012.
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