A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CANE HANDLE

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Property from the Vertical Art Collection, the proceeds to benefit the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation and the University of California San Francisco Thoracic Oncology Lung Cancer Program (Lots 239-250). This cane handle is one of twelve lots offered from the Vertical Art Collection, formed by an American private collector who chooses to remain anonymous. On November 30th a larger group of works from the same collection will be offered for sale at Christie's New York. These sales reveal but a glimpse of a collection that only became known more broadly in 2008 with the publication of Vertical Art: The Enduring Beauty of Antique Canes and Walking Sticks. The startling tableaux by photographer Umberto Barone depicts canes of semi-precious stones inset with diamonds within a dazzling panorama of canes of diverse periods, styles and materials.

A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CANE HANDLE

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903

Details

A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL CANE HANDLE
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903
The tapering cylindrical handle enamelled overall in translucent pink over a wavy guilloché ground, with laurel-chased borders, the upper border with rose-cut diamonds suspending ribbon-tied laurel swags, the top centring a rose-cut diamond finial, on a wood shaft, marked on lower border
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, New York, 1 December 1998, lot 283.

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.

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