A two-color gold and bowenite Hand-seal
A two-color gold and bowenite Hand-seal

BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER ERIK KOLLIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 43792

Details
A two-color gold and bowenite Hand-seal
by Fabergé, workmaster Erik Kollin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890, with scratched inventory number 43792
Shaped cylindrical, the fluted tapering bowenite handle with gold mount with a band of engraved laurel leaves, the fluted oval base set with a plain cornelian matrix, marked on base, in original velvet and silk lined wooden box, the cover stamped in Russian 'Fabergé St Petersburg Moscow' with Imperial warrant
3.7/8in. (10cm.) high
Exhibited
Hamburg, Museum fr Kunst und Gewerbe, Fabergé Juwelier des Zarenhofes, (1995) no.142.