Lot 111
111
** A silver-mounted guilloché enamel Table-Clock

MARKED FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 8004

Details
** A silver-mounted guilloché enamel Table-Clock
marked Fabergé, workmaster Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, with scratched inventory number 8004
Circular, the white enamel clock-face with Arabic numerals, the frame with translucent yellow enamel over sunburst ground with palmate engraved border and bezel, the ivory back with silver scroll strut, marked on rim, back and strut
4½in. (11.4cm.) diam.
Provenance
Julia Grant, Princess Cantacuzène; thence by descent

Lot Essay

Julia Grant Cantacuzène, the daughter of President Ulysses S. Grant, married Prince Michael Cantacuzène, Count Speransky. Their marriage was the event of its day, and a number of gifts were made by Fabergé. In fact, an important piece of Tiffany favrile glass presented to the couple was then sent to Fabergé to be mounted in silver.