A SMALL TWO-COLOR GOLD KOVSH

MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 55662

Details

A SMALL TWO-COLOR GOLD KOVSH
marked Fabergé, workmaster Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890, with scratched inventory number 55662
The oval bowl enclosing an Imperial double-headed eagle within a foliate wreath, the flat shaped handle with stylized scrolls on each side and the Imperial crown at its end, the prow with pine cone finial, marked on the side
5¼in. (13.5cm.) long

Provenance

Christie's, Geneva, 1st May 1974, Lot 194

Lot Essay

The above two-color gold kovsh was purchased by Empress Alexandra Feodorovna in 1896 for 315 roubles; it is listed on a Fabergé bill dated 19 December 1896 addressed to her.
We are grateful to Valentin Skurlov for researching the above lot.

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