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                                            A GOLD, ENAMEL AND NEPHRITE HOLLY SPRAY 
marked Fabergé, St. Petersburg, circa 1890 
In a tapering rock-crystal vase, with a realistically gold cast and chased stem from which emanate carved nephrite leaves and enamel holly berries, marked on stem
4 7/8in. (12.3cm.) high 
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                        Provenance
                                        
                                            Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 21 June 1982, lot 103, bought by Wartski as agent 
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                        Literature
                                        
                                            von Solodkoff, A. Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, New York, 1984, p. 165, ill. Kelly, M. Highlights from The Forbes Magazine Collection, New York, 1985, p. 23, ill. pp. 22-23 Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 88, ill. p. 89
von Habsburg, G. Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, no. 863, p. 314, ill. 
                                        
                                    
                                    
                                        Exhibited
                                        
                                            Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1984, no. 14
New Jersey, The Morris Museum of Arts and Sciences, Kaleidoscope Benefit, 1984, no cat.
Simi Valley, The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Regal Splendor: Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé, 1998/99, case 3 
                                        
                                    
                                    
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