A GOLD-MOUNTED GEMSET GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL RIDING CROP HANDLE

MARKED WITH INDISTINCT INITIAL PROBABLY FOR ANDERS MICKELSON, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1908

Details

A GOLD-MOUNTED GEMSET GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL RIDING CROP HANDLE
marked with indistinct initial probably for Anders Mickelson, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908
Hook-shaped, overall enamelled in pale blue over geometric ground within gadrooned borders, the fitted expanding pencil mount with cabochon amethyst finial, marked on borders
2¼in. (5.8cm.) long

Literature

M.Y. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par Fabergé, (Paris, 1996), no.145.

Lot Essay

Anders Mickelson (1839-1913) arrived from Finland in St. Petersburg in 1855, becoming a master goldsmith with his own workshop in 1867. He is know to have made cigarette cases and small enamelled objects for Fabergé.