THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
** A miniature gemset silver-gilt mounted guilloché enamel double Photograph-Frame
MARKED WITH THE CYRILLIC INITIALS OF SERGEI VERKHOVTSEV, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
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** A miniature gemset silver-gilt mounted guilloché enamel double Photograph-Frame
marked with the Cyrillic initials of Sergei Verkhovtsev, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Heart-shaped, the oval apertures enclosing original photographs of Tsar Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna with rose-cut diamond bezels within translucent pink enamel over wavy ground, the plain border with ribbon-bow and love trophy and central Thyrsus, with ivory back and scroll strut, marked on strut
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high
marked with the Cyrillic initials of Sergei Verkhovtsev, St. Petersburg, circa 1890
Heart-shaped, the oval apertures enclosing original photographs of Tsar Alexander III and Empress Maria Feodorovna with rose-cut diamond bezels within translucent pink enamel over wavy ground, the plain border with ribbon-bow and love trophy and central Thyrsus, with ivory back and scroll strut, marked on strut
2 3/8in. (6cm.) high
Provenance
Grand Duchess Ksenia Aleksandrovna (sister of Tsar Nicholas II)
Princess Irina Aleksandrovna Iusupova, Countess Sumarokova-Elston
Thence by descent
Princess Irina Aleksandrovna Iusupova, Countess Sumarokova-Elston
Thence by descent