AN IMPORTANT RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NEPHRITE DESK CLOCK

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AN IMPORTANT RUSSIAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED NEPHRITE DESK CLOCK
SAINT PETERSBURG, LATE 19TH CENTURY, MAKER'S MARK OF FABERGE, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN

Of square form, on four foliate, scroll and paw feet, the hardstone body carved with fluted borders and applied with four silver mounted rose-cut diamond inverted hearts below and above four panels of openwork scrolling foliage, the top set with a clock of white enamel Arabic chapters, with laurel-wreath bezel and flanked by four applied rosettes within square silver-gilt frame set with rose-cut diamonds, marked on each foot and under side of clock and hinged mounts - 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) square