AN ENAMELLED TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED SMOKY QUARTZ SEAL

BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER FEODOR AFANAS'EV, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 15023

Details
AN ENAMELLED TWO-COLOR GOLD-MOUNTED SMOKY QUARTZ SEAL
by Fabergé, workmaster Feodor Afanas'ev, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, with scratched inventory number 15023
The shaped smoky quartz handle on flared base enamelled with opaque white enamel stripes between chased and engraved laurel mounts, with plain gold matrix, marked on lower mount, in original velvet and silk-lined wooden box, the cover stamped in Russian '... St Petersburg Moscow, Odessa' with Imperial warrant
2¼in. (6cm.) high
Literature
M.Y. Ghosn, Objets de Vertu par Fabergé, (Paris, 1996), no.86.