Lot Essay
For similar examples see Christie's Geneva, November 17, 1993, lot 311 and also A. Kenneth Snowman, Carl Faberge, Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia, New York, 1983, p.131.
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A RUSSIAN JEWELLED, GUILLOCHE ENAMEL, NEPHRITE GOLD-MOUNTED PARASOL HANDLE
BY FABERGE
The nephrite handle realistically carved as a frog with rose-cut diamond eyes, surmounting a pale pink enamel column on guilloché ground terminating in rose-cut diamond rim, further fitted with later horn extension, probably marked under diamond rim for Henrik Wigstrom, Saint Petersburg, circa 1903-1917 - 19¾in. (42.5cm.) long
BY FABERGE
The nephrite handle realistically carved as a frog with rose-cut diamond eyes, surmounting a pale pink enamel column on guilloché ground terminating in rose-cut diamond rim, further fitted with later horn extension, probably marked under diamond rim for Henrik Wigstrom, Saint Petersburg, circa 1903-1917 - 19¾in. (42.5cm.) long
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