A RARE AND UNUSUAL SILVER-GILT ENAMELLED WOOD LETTER HOLDER
A RARE AND UNUSUAL SILVER-GILT ENAMELLED WOOD LETTER HOLDER

MARKED FABERG, ILLEGIBLE WORKMASTER'S INITIALS, PROBABLY ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890

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A RARE AND UNUSUAL SILVER-GILT ENAMELLED WOOD LETTER HOLDER
marked Faberg, illegible workmaster's initials, probably St. Petersburg, circa 1890
The base with silver-gilt beaded rim, each border with ribbon-tied reeded rim, the front with an oval red enamel medallion over sunburst guilloch ground within a beaded rim, surmounted by a silver-gilt ribbon-bow applied with silver chased and engraved ribbon-tied laurel garlands and swags on each side, marked on lower rim
10in. (25.5cm.) long