A GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE BEAKER
A GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE BEAKER

BY FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 45684

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A GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE BEAKER
by Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890, with scratched inventory number 45684
Of tapering cylindrical form, mounted à cage within chased and engraved rococo scrolls, trelliswork and floral swags, on spreading rocaille foot, marked on foot, in fitted wooden case stamped 'Hammer New York Palm Beach' with crowned double-headed eagle with banner 'Hammer Galleries'
3½in. (8.2cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's Geneva, 12 May 1980, lot 277
Exhibited
Helsinki, Museum of Applied Art, Carl Fabergé and His Contemporaries, 1980, no. A48
Munich, Kuntshalle der Hypo Kulturstiftung, Fabergé: Hofjuwelier der Zaren, December 5 1986-February 22 1987, no. 243, ill. p. 171
Zurich, Bellerive Museum, Fabergé, Works of Art, May 31-September 3 1989, no. 42, ill. p. 80
St. Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, 18 June-5 August 1993, no. 251, ill. p. 356
Paris, Union des Arts Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, September 24 1993-January 2 1994, no. 251, ill. p. 356
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, January 26-April 10 1994, no. 251, ill. p. 356
Delaware, Broughton Museum, Fabergé, September 9 2000-February 18, 2001, no. 360, p. 171, ill.

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