A JEWELLED GOLD MOUNTED IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BROOCH
BY FABERGÉ, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1914 WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 1806
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A JEWELLED GOLD MOUNTED IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BROOCH
by Fabergé, St. Petersburg, circa 1914 with scratched inventory number 1806
Of oval form with a rose-cut diamond rim enclosing a gold Imperial double-headed eagle set with a diamond in the middle, with a pear- shaped sapphire within a rose-cut diamond rim, apparently unmarked, in an original fitted leather presentation box
1½in. (3.8cm.) long
Provenance
The Imperial Cabinet
Tsar Nicholas II
Elizabeth Hagondokoff
Lot Essay
Given as a christening gift by Tsar Nicholas II to Elizabeth Hagondokoff for the christening of her child in March 1909.
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