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BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 5078
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A RUSSIAN GOLD-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BOX
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 5078
Oblong, realistically carved as a potato, the gold-mounted hinged cover with a fleur-de-lys clasp at the front, marked throughout
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) long
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 5078
Oblong, realistically carved as a potato, the gold-mounted hinged cover with a fleur-de-lys clasp at the front, marked throughout
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) long
Provenance
By repute, King Farouk I of Egypt.
Christian de Guigné II and thence by descent.
Christian de Guigné II and thence by descent.
Literature
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé in America, New York, 1996, p. 51, no. 33.
Exhibited
Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Russian Imperial Court, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco 1964, cat. 44.
Fabergé in America, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1996, cat. no. 33.
Fabergé in America, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1996, cat. no. 33.