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MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF VICTOR AARNE, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBERS 9353 AND 9896
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A SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL BELL-PUSH
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF VICTOR AARNE, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBERS 9353 AND 9896
Circular, on three bun feet, the compressed-spherical body enamelled in translucent salmon pink over a wavy guilloché ground, surmounted by a push-piece enamelled in translucent pearl white over a wavy guilloché ground, applied with silver-gilt ribbon-tied swags, marked on feet
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) diameter
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF VICTOR AARNE, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBERS 9353 AND 9896
Circular, on three bun feet, the compressed-spherical body enamelled in translucent salmon pink over a wavy guilloché ground, surmounted by a push-piece enamelled in translucent pearl white over a wavy guilloché ground, applied with silver-gilt ribbon-tied swags, marked on feet
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), purchased from the St Petersburg branch of Fabergé on 11 February 1904 for 80 roubles.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 6-8 December 1993, lot 669.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, New York, 6-8 December 1993, lot 669.
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