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PROPERTY OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN
A SILVER-GILT GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL THERMOMETER
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF KARL (HJALMAR) ARMFELT, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 19904
Details
A SILVER-GILT GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL THERMOMETER
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF KARL (HJALMAR) ARMFELT, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 19904
Rectangular, the thermometer panel in Réaumur scale within beaded border, the body enamelled in translucent light green over a wavy guilloché ground, all within an acanthus-chased border, the wood back with silver-gilt scroll strut and suspension loop, marked on lower and upper edges
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF KARL (HJALMAR) ARMFELT, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 19904
Rectangular, the thermometer panel in Réaumur scale within beaded border, the body enamelled in translucent light green over a wavy guilloché ground, all within an acanthus-chased border, the wood back with silver-gilt scroll strut and suspension loop, marked on lower and upper edges
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the grandfather of the present owner in the 1970s.
Sale room notice
Please note the strut is later.
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Iona Ballantyne