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A jewelled gold and enamel Brooch in the form of a Ladybird
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A jewelled gold and enamel Brooch in the form of a Ladybird

BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, 1896-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 65746

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A jewelled gold and enamel Brooch in the form of a Ladybird
by Fabergé, workmaster Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908, with scratched inventory number 65746
Hemispherical, the translucent red guilloché enamel wings, opaque black body and head, with white and black details, divided by rose-cut diamond-set bands, the underside in compartments with six legs, marked on pin and catch, in original wooden velvet and silk-lined box, stamped inside the cover in Russian 'Fabergé St Petersburg Moscow.' with Imperial warrant
7/8in. (2.3cm.) long
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Lot Essay

For a box formed as a ladybird, also by Michael Perchin, in The Cleveland Museum of Art, the India Early Minshall Collection, see Geza von Habsburg, Fabergé in America (New York, 1996) p.112, illustration no.94.

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