A PARCEL-GILT MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL DOUBLE-SIDED FRAME

BY FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF KARL GUSTAV HJALMAR ARMFELDT, ST. PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 20161

Details

A PARCEL-GILT MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL DOUBLE-SIDED FRAME
by Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Karl Gustav Hjalmar Armfeldt, St. Petersburg, 1908-1917, with scratched inventory number 20161
Rectangular with rounded upper corners, one side enamelled in translucent white over a moiré ground, the oval aperture with ribbon-tied reeded bezel, the other with purple enamel of similar ground with rectangular aperture and similar bezel, with conforming swing strut, marked on rim and strut
6 5/8in. (16.9cm.) high

Lot Essay

For a similar frame, see Christie's Geneva, Important Works of Art by Carl Fabergé, 12 May 1981, lot 116 and also St. Petersburg, The State Hermitage Museum, Fabergé, Imperial Jeweller (18 June - 15 August 1993) n-47

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