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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER VICTOR AARNE, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
Details
A GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND SILVER-MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER VICTOR AARNE, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
Oval, enamelled overall in light blue over a wavy sunburst guilloché ground, further decorated with a tiger-lily in green and orange painted enamel, with an ivory panel and scroll strut on the reverse, marked on mounts with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
2 3⁄4 in. (7 cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER VICTOR AARNE, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904
Oval, enamelled overall in light blue over a wavy sunburst guilloché ground, further decorated with a tiger-lily in green and orange painted enamel, with an ivory panel and scroll strut on the reverse, marked on mounts with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
2 3⁄4 in. (7 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 11 May 1988, lot 202.
Acquired from Wartski, London, in May 2004.
Acquired from Wartski, London, in May 2004.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Japonisme: from Falize to Fabergé, London, 2011, p. 103, no. 188 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 135, no. 113 (illustrated).
U. Tillander-Godenhielm, Fabergé His Masters and Artisans, Helsinki, 2018, p. 203 (illustrated).
Exhibition catalogue, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, London, 2012, p. 135, no. 113 (illustrated).
U. Tillander-Godenhielm, Fabergé His Masters and Artisans, Helsinki, 2018, p. 203 (illustrated).
Exhibited
London, Wartski, Japonisme: From Falize to Fabergé, 10 - 20 May 2011, no. 188.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 113.
London, Wartski, Carl Fabergé. A Private Collection, 15 - 25 May 2012, no. 113.
Special notice
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