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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ANNA RINGE, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 59928
Details
AN IMPERIAL GEM-SET SILVER-MOUNTED BOWENITE PAPER KNIFE
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ANNA RINGE, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 59928
The cylindrical reeded bowenite handle raised on silver supports, with cabochon garnets at each end, resting on the tapering silver blade and an anthemion-shaped silver foot, inscribed under the blade in Russian 'Christmas tree / 1899', marked on blade and under foot with workmaster's initials
10 5⁄8 in. (27 cm.) long
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ANNA RINGE, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 59928
The cylindrical reeded bowenite handle raised on silver supports, with cabochon garnets at each end, resting on the tapering silver blade and an anthemion-shaped silver foot, inscribed under the blade in Russian 'Christmas tree / 1899', marked on blade and under foot with workmaster's initials
10 5⁄8 in. (27 cm.) long
Provenance
Jointly purchased by Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna (1875-1960) and her husband Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich (1866-1933) from the St Petersburg branch of Fabergé on 8 December 1898 for 55 roubles.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 20 October 1999, lot 74.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 20 October 1999, lot 74.
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Margo Oganesian
Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art