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THE OVAL LOCKET, MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 9092; THE HEXAGONAL LOCKET, BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 79440
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TWO JEWELLED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL GOLD PENDANT LOCKETS
THE OVAL LOCKET, MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 9092; THE HEXAGONAL LOCKET, BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 79440
The oval shaped locket enamelled in translucent pale blue over a sunburst guilloché ground, the cover applied with a flower spray set with rose-cut diamonds, swivelling to reveal a mirror and a glazed compartment, marked inside covers and on suspension loop; the hexagonal shaped locket, enamelled in translucent pale blue over a snowflake pattern, centring a rose-cut diamond, the interior with two compartments, marked inside cover and base
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) high and smaller, without suspension loops
THE OVAL LOCKET, MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 9092; THE HEXAGONAL LOCKET, BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF AUGUST HOLLMING, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 79440
The oval shaped locket enamelled in translucent pale blue over a sunburst guilloché ground, the cover applied with a flower spray set with rose-cut diamonds, swivelling to reveal a mirror and a glazed compartment, marked inside covers and on suspension loop; the hexagonal shaped locket, enamelled in translucent pale blue over a snowflake pattern, centring a rose-cut diamond, the interior with two compartments, marked inside cover and base
1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm.) high and smaller, without suspension loops
Provenance
The oval pendant locket, Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 17-19 November 1992, lot 125.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 16 November 1999, lot 170.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 16 November 1999, lot 170.
Special notice
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