BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 60117

Details

A JEWELLED AND GOLD-MOUNTED MOSS AGATE BONBONNIÈRE
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 60117
Of slightly tapering circular form, the hinged cover with a reeded gold mount and rose-cut diamond-set scrolls, marked on mounts with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials; in the original fitted Fabergé wooden case
1 5⁄8 in. (4.1 cm.) diameter

Provenance

Jointly purchased by Emperor Nicholas II (1868-1918) and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) from the St Petersburg branch of Fabergé on 11 August 1898 for 145 roubles.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 21 April 2010, lot 102.

Literature

Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 20, no. 13 (illustrated).

Exhibited

London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 13.

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Lot Essay

We are grateful to Dmitry Krivoshey for his assistance with the research of the present lot.

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