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MARKED FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 45487
Details
A FOUR-COLOR GOLD GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL 'AMATORY' FRAME
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890, with scratched inventory number 45487
Of rectangular form, the two-color gold egg and dart rim with a husk at each corner enclosing a plaque in translucent salmon pink enamel over a guilloché sunray design emanating from a beaded aperture enclosing a photograph of Empress Maria Feodorovna and her sister, Queen Alexandra of England, below a gold chased spray of laurel and surmounted by a musical trophy and a ribbon-tied bow with four-color gold flower swags and a perched dove hanging on each side, the base with two putti holding palms with amatory trophies at their feet within a geometric and scroll rim, with stylized greek pattern, gold strut, marked on the rim
4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) high
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890, with scratched inventory number 45487
Of rectangular form, the two-color gold egg and dart rim with a husk at each corner enclosing a plaque in translucent salmon pink enamel over a guilloché sunray design emanating from a beaded aperture enclosing a photograph of Empress Maria Feodorovna and her sister, Queen Alexandra of England, below a gold chased spray of laurel and surmounted by a musical trophy and a ribbon-tied bow with four-color gold flower swags and a perched dove hanging on each side, the base with two putti holding palms with amatory trophies at their feet within a geometric and scroll rim, with stylized greek pattern, gold strut, marked on the rim
4 1/8in. (10.5cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's Belgravia, London, 6 November 1975, lot 68
A La Vieille Russie, New York, 14 January 1976
A La Vieille Russie, New York, 14 January 1976
Literature
Forbes, February 6th 1978, p. 77, ill. Waterfield, H. & Forbes, C. Fabergé Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies, New York, 1978, no. 76, pp. 67, 130, 135, 143, ill. pp. 67, 143
Kelly, M. "Frames by Fabergé in the Forbes Magazine Collection" Arts in Virginia, vol. 23, 1982/83, p. 11
von Solodkoff, A. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, p. 171, ill.
Forbes, C. "Imperial Treasure: A Modern Czar's Son Tells of the Great Easter Egg Hunt" Art & Antiques, April, 1986, p. 52, ill.
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 154, ill. p. 155
Kelly, M. "Frames by Fabergé in the Forbes Magazine Collection" Arts in Virginia, vol. 23, 1982/83, p. 11
von Solodkoff, A. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, p. 171, ill.
Forbes, C. "Imperial Treasure: A Modern Czar's Son Tells of the Great Easter Egg Hunt" Art & Antiques, April, 1986, p. 52, ill.
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 154, ill. p. 155
Exhibited
Virginia Minneapolis/Chicago, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Minneapolis Institute if Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Fabergé, Selections from the Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 22, p. 12
Fort Worth, The Kimbell Art Museum, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 64
Munich, Kuntshalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé, 1986, no. 495, p. 247, ill. p. 246
Lugano, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Fabergé Fantasies from the Forbes Magazine Collection, 1987, no. 38, p. 62, ill.
Paris, Musée Jaquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 38, p. 58, ill.
London, Ermitage, Fabergé Imperial Presents, 1987
New York/San Francisco/Richmond/New Orleans/Cleveland, Metropolitan Museum of Art, H.M. De Young Memorial Museum, Museum of Fine Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996, no. 265, p. 256, ill.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Center, Fabergé, 2000, no. 47, ill. p. 184
Fort Worth, The Kimbell Art Museum, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 64
Munich, Kuntshalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Fabergé, 1986, no. 495, p. 247, ill. p. 246
Lugano, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Fabergé Fantasies from the Forbes Magazine Collection, 1987, no. 38, p. 62, ill.
Paris, Musée Jaquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 38, p. 58, ill.
London, Ermitage, Fabergé Imperial Presents, 1987
New York/San Francisco/Richmond/New Orleans/Cleveland, Metropolitan Museum of Art, H.M. De Young Memorial Museum, Museum of Fine Art, New Orleans Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996, no. 265, p. 256, ill.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Center, Fabergé, 2000, no. 47, ill. p. 184