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BY FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1896, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 45111
Details
A JEWELLED, VARI-COLORED GOLD, GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND AGATE DISH
by Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1896, with scratched inventory number 45111
The agate oval body with corded rim of gold and red guilloché enamel set with six gold and black enamel turrets each centered with a pearl, marked under the turret, in original fitted case stamped 'Fabergé, St. Petersburg, Moscow'. Within the case is a note in Danish from Empress Marie Feodorovna to King George I of Greece, with the inscription, "To Willy from Minnie".
4in. (10.3cm.) long
by Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1896, with scratched inventory number 45111
The agate oval body with corded rim of gold and red guilloché enamel set with six gold and black enamel turrets each centered with a pearl, marked under the turret, in original fitted case stamped 'Fabergé, St. Petersburg, Moscow'. Within the case is a note in Danish from Empress Marie Feodorovna to King George I of Greece, with the inscription, "To Willy from Minnie".
4in. (10.3cm.) long
Provenance
Presented by Empress Marie Feodorovna to King George I of Greece
Queen Olga of Greece
Prince Christopher of Greece
Baron Basile de Lemmerman Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 11 December 1952, lot 43 A La Vieille Russie, New York, December 1986
Queen Olga of Greece
Prince Christopher of Greece
Baron Basile de Lemmerman Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 11 December 1952, lot 43 A La Vieille Russie, New York, December 1986
Literature
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 203, ill. p. 202
Exhibited
New York, A La Vieille Russie, Fabergé, 1983, no. 288, p. 90, ill. p. 91
Lugano, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Fabergé Fantasies from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1987, no. 5, p. 43, ill.
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 5, p. 39, ill.
Lugano, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Fabergé Fantasies from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1987, no. 5, p. 43, ill.
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 5, p. 39, ill.