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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 1112
Details
A JEWELLED, ENAMEL AND GOLD-MOUNTED AVENTURINE QUARTZ PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 1112
Of lozenge form, applied with gold laurel wreaths at each corner, decorated with translucent red enamelled berries, centring a circular aperture within a raised reserve of opaque white enamel, applied with green enamel foliate motifs at each corner, set with cabochon rubies, with an ivory panel and scroll strut on the reverse, marked on rim and strut with workmaster's initials
4 3⁄8 in. (11.1 cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 1112
Of lozenge form, applied with gold laurel wreaths at each corner, decorated with translucent red enamelled berries, centring a circular aperture within a raised reserve of opaque white enamel, applied with green enamel foliate motifs at each corner, set with cabochon rubies, with an ivory panel and scroll strut on the reverse, marked on rim and strut with workmaster's initials
4 3⁄8 in. (11.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired from Wartski, London, in April 2008.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 130, no. 109 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 109.
Special Notice
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