Lot Essay
A note on the reverse of each frame gives the sitter's identity and states the frames to be by Fabergé
BY FABERGÉ, CIRCA 1890
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Two miniature Portraits in wood Frames
by Fabergé, circa 1890
An oval portait of Count Bezborodko, wearing a brown jacket, white neck cloth and bearing orders; and an oval portrait of Countess Chernyshev, her hair in ringlets and plaited, wearing a white dress with lace and pink ribbon trimmings, each set in a beaded silver mounted wood frame with rosettes at the angles, apparently unmarked
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) and 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) high overall (2)
by Fabergé, circa 1890
An oval portait of Count Bezborodko, wearing a brown jacket, white neck cloth and bearing orders; and an oval portrait of Countess Chernyshev, her hair in ringlets and plaited, wearing a white dress with lace and pink ribbon trimmings, each set in a beaded silver mounted wood frame with rosettes at the angles, apparently unmarked
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) and 4 7/8 in. (12.5 cm.) high overall (2)