A JEWELLED GOLD AND SILVER-MOUNTED IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BROOCH

BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ALBERT HOLMSTRÖM, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3865

Details

A JEWELLED GOLD AND SILVER-MOUNTED IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BROOCH
by Fabergé, workmaster Albert Holmström, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 3865
Square, with rose-cut diamond rim, the gold Romanoff dynasty griffin with a diamond set as a sheild set diagonally within a rose-cut diamond circular rim and four rubies at intervals with stylized gold scrolls, marked on pin and hook, in original blue leather fitted case stapmed on the inside cover with a double-headed eagle
2¼in. (5.8cm.) square

Provenance

The Imperial Cabinet
The Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
Liubov Zelenoy, born Pokrovskaia

Lot Essay

The above brooch was the godmother's christening gift from Empress Alexandra Feodorvna to Lidia Pokrovskii, wife of Counter Admiral Pokrovskii, on January 19, 1914, day of the christening of their daughter Liubov.

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