Lot Essay
The crests are probably for Richard, 4th Earl Howe (1861-1929), who was Lord in Waiting to both Queen Victoria and King Edward VII, and later Lord Chamberlain to Queen Alexandra, sister of the last Tsarina.
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BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, 1896-1908
Details
A two-color gold-mounted bowenite Hand-seal
by Fabergé, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908
Shaped cylindrical, the tapering hardstone handle with with shaped mount with bands of ropework, palmettes and trellis-work over engraved ground, the spreading matrix with the crests of Howe and Curzon as borne by the Earls Howe, marked on mount
2¾in. (7cm.) high
by Fabergé, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908
Shaped cylindrical, the tapering hardstone handle with with shaped mount with bands of ropework, palmettes and trellis-work over engraved ground, the spreading matrix with the crests of Howe and Curzon as borne by the Earls Howe, marked on mount
2¾in. (7cm.) high