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MARKED FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S INITIALS OF JOHAN VICTOR AARNE, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3382
Details
A VARICOLOR GOLD AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL FRAME
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's initials of Johan Victor Aarne, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, with scratched inventory number 3382
Heart-shaped with beaded border, surmounted by a tied ribbon suspending a varicolor gold floral and foliate garland, with similar garland beneath the tied laurel oval bezel, on a translucent pale blue ground, with a silver-gilt scroll strut, marked on rim and strut, in a fitted case stamped 'Wartski'
3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) high
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's initials of Johan Victor Aarne, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, with scratched inventory number 3382
Heart-shaped with beaded border, surmounted by a tied ribbon suspending a varicolor gold floral and foliate garland, with similar garland beneath the tied laurel oval bezel, on a translucent pale blue ground, with a silver-gilt scroll strut, marked on rim and strut, in a fitted case stamped 'Wartski'
3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's Geneva, 6 May 1981, lot 477
Exhibited
Munich, Kuntshalle der Hypo Kulturstiftung, Fabergé: Hofjuwelier der Zaren, December 5 1986-February 22 1987, no. 490, ill. p. 245
New York, Habsburg Feldman, The Josiane Woolf Fabergé Collection, November 3-9 1988
Zurich, Bellerive Museum, Fabergé, Works of Art, May 31-September 3 1989, no. 95, ill. p. 96
St. Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, June 18-August 5 1993, no. 267, ill. p. 368
Paris, Union des Art Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, September 24 1993-January 2 1994, no. 267, ill. p. 368
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, January 26-April 10 1994
Lahti, Lahti Art Museum, Fabergé: A Private Collection, March 14-May 4 1997, no. 32, ill. p. 26
Delaware, Broughton Museum, Fabergé, September 9 2000-February 18 2001, no. 702, p. 274, ill.
New York, Habsburg Feldman, The Josiane Woolf Fabergé Collection, November 3-9 1988
Zurich, Bellerive Museum, Fabergé, Works of Art, May 31-September 3 1989, no. 95, ill. p. 96
St. Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, June 18-August 5 1993, no. 267, ill. p. 368
Paris, Union des Art Décoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, September 24 1993-January 2 1994, no. 267, ill. p. 368
London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, January 26-April 10 1994
Lahti, Lahti Art Museum, Fabergé: A Private Collection, March 14-May 4 1997, no. 32, ill. p. 26
Delaware, Broughton Museum, Fabergé, September 9 2000-February 18 2001, no. 702, p. 274, ill.