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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ERIK KOLLIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 49309
Details
A JEWELLED GOLD SCENT BOTTLE
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ERIK KOLLIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 49309
In the form of a paint tube, with a detachable cover, the front applied with a gold question mark set with a cabochon sapphire, enclosing a stylised pansy flower set with four diamonds and two cabochon rubies, marked on cover and lower rim with workmaster's initials; in the original fitted Fabergé wooden case
2 in. (5.2 cm.) long
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ERIK KOLLIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 49309
In the form of a paint tube, with a detachable cover, the front applied with a gold question mark set with a cabochon sapphire, enclosing a stylised pansy flower set with four diamonds and two cabochon rubies, marked on cover and lower rim with workmaster's initials; in the original fitted Fabergé wooden case
2 in. (5.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 17 July 1996, lot 484.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, Stockholm, 1997, p. 196, no. 197 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 155, no. 300 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 26, no. 19 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 155, no. 300 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 26, no. 19 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Tsar, 6 - 19 October 1997, no. 197.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 300.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 19.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 300.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 19.
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