A silver-mounted guilloché enamel wood Photograph Frame
A silver-mounted guilloché enamel wood Photograph Frame

BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, INVENTORY NUMBER 5244

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A silver-mounted guilloché enamel wood Photograph Frame
by Fabergé, St. Petersburg, circa 1890, inventory number 5244
Rectangular, the chased and engraved leaf-tip bezel set with rosettes at each corner, with translucent orange enamel over a wavy guilloché ground, applied with foliate and berry band with rosettes at intervals, with beaded border, set in wood frame, with wood back and later strut, apparently unmarked, enclosing an original photograph of Grand Duchess Anastasia, signed in Cyrillic by the sitter
9 7/8 in. (25cm.) high
Provenance
The Provatoroff Collection, Christie's King Street, November 20, 1997, lot 437.

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