A jewelled, silver-gilt mounted cloisonné and guilloché enamel kovsh
A jewelled, silver-gilt mounted cloisonné and guilloché enamel kovsh

MARKED FABERGÉ WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 10031

Details
A jewelled, silver-gilt mounted cloisonné and guilloché enamel kovsh
marked Fabergé with Imperial warrant, Moscow, circa 1890, with scratched inventory number 10031
Of traditional form, the base of the oval rock-crystal body engraved with floral motif, the prow with cloisonné enamel foliate and c-scrolls set with a citrine and surmounted by a pearl, the rim mounted with cloisonné pendants set with cabochon garnets and rectangular-cut andalusites, the raised flat handle of purple guilloché enamel with two caryatids centering a citrine, their bodies set with cabochon amethysts and garnets, cloisonné enamel foliate scrolls and hung with ribbon-tied laurel garlands, marked inside rim
9in. (22.9cm.) long
Exhibited
New York, Metropolitan Museum, Fabergé in America, (1996), no.36 illustrated.