Lot Essay
Designs for similar pendants, incorporating stones set within geometric rose-cut diamond borders, are recorded in the Holmström design books (K. Snowman, Fabergé: Lost and Found, London, 1993, p. 50).
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BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Details
A GOLD-MOUNTED DIAMOND, MOONSTONE AND AMETHYST PENDANT BROOCH
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
The rectangular top suspending three chains, set with rose-cut diamonds and cabochon moonstones, terminating in a gold scroll, with a detachable pendant shaped as an egg, set with amethyst and diamonds, marked on pin and mount
3 3/8 in. (8.7 cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
The rectangular top suspending three chains, set with rose-cut diamonds and cabochon moonstones, terminating in a gold scroll, with a detachable pendant shaped as an egg, set with amethyst and diamonds, marked on pin and mount
3 3/8 in. (8.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired at Wartski by the present owner.
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