BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER FEODOR AFANAS'EV, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 23104
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A JEWELLED SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NEPHRITE CUP
by Fabergé, workmaster Feodor Afanas'ev, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 23104
Hemispherical, the raised foot and slightly flared rim applied at intervals with twelve cabochon sapphires, the foot with rope-work borders and scrolls, the rim with beaded border and engraved in Russian '1888 11 Sept[ember]. 1913.', the nephrite bowl enveloped with blossom-tied ropework, marked on lower mount and beneath base, in original velvet and silk-lined wooden box, the cover stamped in Russian 'Fabergé St. Petersburg Moscow. London' with Imperial warrant
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high
by Fabergé, workmaster Feodor Afanas'ev, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 23104
Hemispherical, the raised foot and slightly flared rim applied at intervals with twelve cabochon sapphires, the foot with rope-work borders and scrolls, the rim with beaded border and engraved in Russian '1888 11 Sept[ember]. 1913.', the nephrite bowl enveloped with blossom-tied ropework, marked on lower mount and beneath base, in original velvet and silk-lined wooden box, the cover stamped in Russian 'Fabergé St. Petersburg Moscow. London' with Imperial warrant
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high
Literature
M.Y. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par Fabergé, (Paris, 1996), no.65.