Lot Essay
The inscription on the back of the postcard can be seen due to a later plexiglass plaque on the back replacing the original wooden back (this last one being sold with this lot).
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MARKED FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ANDERS NEVALAINEN, ST. PETERSBURG, 1898-1903, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 15788
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A SILVER-GILT GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL FRAME
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Anders Nevalainen, St. Petersburg, 1898-1903, with scratched inventory number 15788
Of rectangular form, the pale blue translucent enamel over guilloché ground within ribbon-tied reeded rim and acanthus leaf aperture, with a rosette at each corner and surmounted by a tied ribbon above hanging laurel-leaf swags, enclosing a postcard of the Tsarevich Aleksei Nicholaevich, the reverse with a pencil note from Empress Alexandra Feodorovna to Princess Marie Bariatinsky, her Lady-in-Waiting, 'To Dearest Clary, with Heartiest X-mas wishes & blessings for the coming year 1909, fr. yr. very loving, Alexandra', with silver strut, marked on rim and strut
7¾in. (19.7cm) long
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Anders Nevalainen, St. Petersburg, 1898-1903, with scratched inventory number 15788
Of rectangular form, the pale blue translucent enamel over guilloché ground within ribbon-tied reeded rim and acanthus leaf aperture, with a rosette at each corner and surmounted by a tied ribbon above hanging laurel-leaf swags, enclosing a postcard of the Tsarevich Aleksei Nicholaevich, the reverse with a pencil note from Empress Alexandra Feodorovna to Princess Marie Bariatinsky, her Lady-in-Waiting, 'To Dearest Clary, with Heartiest X-mas wishes & blessings for the coming year 1909, fr. yr. very loving, Alexandra', with silver strut, marked on rim and strut
7¾in. (19.7cm) long
Literature
Waterfield, H. & Forbes, C. Fabergé Imperial Eggs and Other Fantasies, New York, 1978, no. 75, pp. 64, 66, 67, 135, 143, ill. pp. 66, 143 Forbes, R. & Milet, J. Toyboats 1870-1955 A Pictorial Collection, New York, 1979, p. 44, ill.
Kelly, M. Frames by Fabergé in the Forbes Magazine Collection, New York, 1982/83, pp. 9, 11, ill. no. 10 von Solodkoff, A. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, p. 171, ill. Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 116, ill. p. 117
von Habsburg, G. Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and his World, London, 2000, no. 686, p. 268, ill.
Kelly, M. Frames by Fabergé in the Forbes Magazine Collection, New York, 1982/83, pp. 9, 11, ill. no. 10 von Solodkoff, A. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, p. 171, ill. Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 116, ill. p. 117
von Habsburg, G. Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and his World, London, 2000, no. 686, p. 268, ill.
Exhibited
Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts, The Imperial Easter Eggs from the House of Fabergé, 1979, unnumbered checklist
Virginia/Minneapolis/Chicago, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago , Fabergé Selections from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 21, p. 12 Fort Worth, The Kimbell Art Museum, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 42
Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1984, no. 56
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery, Fabergé and Finland: Exquisite Objects, 1996/97, no cat.
Simi Valley, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Regal Splendor: Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, 1998/99, case 2
Virginia/Minneapolis/Chicago, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Minneapolis Institute of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago , Fabergé Selections from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 21, p. 12 Fort Worth, The Kimbell Art Museum, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1983, no. 42
Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1984, no. 56
Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery, Fabergé and Finland: Exquisite Objects, 1996/97, no cat.
Simi Valley, Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Regal Splendor: Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, 1998/99, case 2
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