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BY FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1896, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 6133
Details
A JEWELLED TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE ASH-TRAY
by Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1896, with scratched inventory number 6133
Of circular form, the rim chased with gold laurel leaves, the tapering sides applied with gold ribbon-tied laurel-leaf swags suspended from cabochon rubies, marked inside on the rim
2 15/16in. (7.5cm.) wide at the lip
by Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1896, with scratched inventory number 6133
Of circular form, the rim chased with gold laurel leaves, the tapering sides applied with gold ribbon-tied laurel-leaf swags suspended from cabochon rubies, marked inside on the rim
2 15/16in. (7.5cm.) wide at the lip
Provenance
Christie's Geneva, 1 May 1974, lot 211
A La Vieille Russie, New York, July 1976
A La Vieille Russie, New York, July 1976
Literature
FORBES, May 1, 1977, p. 102, ill. Cook, W.I. "Imperial Eggs by Fabergé", The Home News, April 10, 1977, p. C2 Waterfield, H. & Forbes, C. Fabergé Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies, New York, 1978, no. 129, pp. 100, 130, 135, ill. p. 100 Albert, S.J. "The Fantastic Forbes Fabergé Collection", American Collector, vol. 10, no. 1, January 1979, ill. p. 8 and on cover Price, J. Executive Style, New York, 1980, p. 169, ill.
von Solodkoff, A. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, p. 178, ill. pp. 6, 178
Jacobson, S. Only the Best, New York, 1985, p. 50, ill. Forbes, C. "Imperial Treasure: A Modern Czar's Son Tells of the Great Easter Egg Hunt", Art & Antiques, April 1986, p. 56, ill. Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 200, ill. p. 201
von Solodkoff, A. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, p. 178, ill. pp. 6, 178
Jacobson, S. Only the Best, New York, 1985, p. 50, ill. Forbes, C. "Imperial Treasure: A Modern Czar's Son Tells of the Great Easter Egg Hunt", Art & Antiques, April 1986, p. 56, ill. Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 200, ill. p. 201
Exhibited
New York/San Francisco/Richmond/New Orleans/Cleveland, Metropolitan Museum of Art, H.M. De Young Memorial Museum, Museum of Fine Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Fabergé in America, 1996/97, no. 293, p. 271, ill.
Special notice
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