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Aleksandr Matveevich Vegner (1826-1894) was a pupil at the Academy of St. Petersburg between 1854 and 1857 and became a member of the Academy in 1858.
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A TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BIRCHWOOD FRAME CONTAINING A MINIATURE OF ALEXANDER III
BY FABERGÉ, THE MINIATURE BY ALEKSANDR MATVEEVICH VEGNER, CIRCA 1890
Rectangular with cut corners, the frame surmounted by a gold Imperial crown, the oval aperture below a two-colour gold ribbon-tied laurel swag, the miniature depicting Alexander III in the blue sash of the Order of St. Andrew, signed in cyrillic on the right, with birchwood strut unmarked
1 7/8in. (5cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, THE MINIATURE BY ALEKSANDR MATVEEVICH VEGNER, CIRCA 1890
Rectangular with cut corners, the frame surmounted by a gold Imperial crown, the oval aperture below a two-colour gold ribbon-tied laurel swag, the miniature depicting Alexander III in the blue sash of the Order of St. Andrew, signed in cyrillic on the right, with birchwood strut unmarked
1 7/8in. (5cm.) high