A GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE BOOK-MARK
A GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE BOOK-MARK

MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 53502, WITH LATER LONDON IMPORT MARKS

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A GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE BOOK-MARK
marked Fabergé, workmaster Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890, with scratched inventory number 53502, with later London import marks
Oval, the flat bowenite blade with gold arrow mount, the top front decorated with openwork rococo scrolls enclosing a chased rose flowerhead with leaves, marked on reverse of mount
1.5/8in. (4.2cm.) long

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For a similar book-mark see Christie's New York, The Kazan Collection of Works of Art by Carl Fabergé, 15 April 1997, lot 168

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