Lot Essay
For similar brooches, see D. McFerrin, ed., From a Snowflake to an Iceberg: The McFerrin Collection, Houston, 2013, p. 154; and G. von Hapsburg, M. Lopato, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, London, 1993, p. 270.
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BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF ALBERT HOLMSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1914, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 99934
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A JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ AND EN PLEIN ENAMEL BROOCH
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF ALBERT HOLMSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1914, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 99934
Circular, en plein enamelled in white, centring a Red Cross enamelled over a dash guilloché ground, within a rose-cut diamond border, marked on pin and loop; in a fitted A La Vieille Russie case
7/8 in. (2.4 cm.) diameter
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER’S MARK OF ALBERT HOLMSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1914, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 99934
Circular, en plein enamelled in white, centring a Red Cross enamelled over a dash guilloché ground, within a rose-cut diamond border, marked on pin and loop; in a fitted A La Vieille Russie case
7/8 in. (2.4 cm.) diameter
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