Lot Essay
For a very similar bonbonnière see B. Krairiksh (editor), Fabergé in the Royal Collection, (Bangkok, 1984), p.149.
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3842
Details
A GOLD-MOUNTED GEMSET SMOKY QUARTZ BONBONNIÈRE
by Fabergé, workmaster Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, with scratched inventory number 3842
Shell-shaped, the carved quartz body with gold mounts, the hinged body with rose-diamond border, marked on mounts
1¾in. (4.5cm.) wide
by Fabergé, workmaster Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, with scratched inventory number 3842
Shell-shaped, the carved quartz body with gold mounts, the hinged body with rose-diamond border, marked on mounts
1¾in. (4.5cm.) wide
Provenance
Lord Ivar Mountbatten
Literature
M.Y. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par Fabergé, (Paris, 1996), no.100.