MARKED K FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ANDERS NEVALAINEN, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 11099, WITH LONDON IMPORT MARKS FOR 1909
Details
A SILVER-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND GEMSET CHARKA FORMED AS A STYLIZED TOUCAN
marked K Fabergé, workmaster Anders Nevalainen, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, with scratched inventory number 11099, with London import marks for 1909
The hemispherical bowl with salmon-pink guilloché enamel, with silver-gilt rim on three ball feet, the handle formed as a stylized toucan's head with mounted bear-claw beak and cabochon ruby eyes, marked on rim
3 1/8in. (8cm.) long
marked K Fabergé, workmaster Anders Nevalainen, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, with scratched inventory number 11099, with London import marks for 1909
The hemispherical bowl with salmon-pink guilloché enamel, with silver-gilt rim on three ball feet, the handle formed as a stylized toucan's head with mounted bear-claw beak and cabochon ruby eyes, marked on rim
3 1/8in. (8cm.) long
Provenance
An highly important Collection of Works of Art by Carl Fabergé from the Collection of the late Sir Charles Clore, Christie's Geneva, 13 November 1985, lot 53.
Literature
M.Y. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par Fabergé, (Paris, 1996), no.47.