Lot 147
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A GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL BANGLE
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A GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL BANGLE

APPARENTLY UNMARKED

Details
A GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL BANGLE
apparently unmarked
Overall enamelled in translucent rose Pompadour, the gold borders engraved with a geometric pattern, the gold clasp in the shape of a screw, unmarked
2¾in. (6.8cm.) wide
Provenance
H.M. Queen Olga of Greece H.R. Prince Christopher of Greece Baron Basile de Lemmerman Mrs. Joseph Schillinger Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 11 December 1952, lot 62 Sotheby's New York, 14 December 1984, lot 495, bought by A La Vieille Russie as agent
Literature
Kelly, M. Highlights from the Forbes Magazine Collection, New York, 1985, p. 16, ill. pp. 12, 17
Forbes, C. "Forbes' Fabulous Fabergé", USA Today, vol 117, July 1988, p. 43, ill. Forbes, M. More Than I Dreamed, New York, 1989, p. 223, ill. Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 165, ill. p. 164
Exhibited
New York, The Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration, Nineteenth Century Jewelry from the First Empire to the First World War, 1955, no. 323 Lugano, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Fabergé Fantasies from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1987, no. 85, ill. p. 88.
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 85, p. 84, ill.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

In a letter addressed to Christopher Forbes dated April 29, 1985, Mrs. Schillinger indicates that the purpose of the small holes on the rim of the present bangle was to attach a diamond spray which H.M. Queen Olga of Greece inserted for dressier occassions, as explained to her by a late friend of Prince Christopher of Greece.

Mrs. Schillinger also acquired a similar Fabergé matching bangle which belonged to the Duchess of Kent (Sotheby's London, 20 June 1960, lot...) which she received from Princess Nicholas of Greece, mother of the Duchess (letter from the Duchess of Kent to Mrs. Schillinger, dated August 11th, 1960).

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