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RUSSIA
A PARCEL-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL STAMP BOX
RUSSIAN, MARKED K. FABERGÉ AND WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1899-1908
Details
A PARCEL-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL STAMP BOX
RUSSIAN, MARKED K. FABERGÉ AND WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1899-1908
rectangular, three sides applied with silver foliage in Art Nouveau style, the hinged cover with chased and engraved female head, whose floating hair is held by a band set with four diamonds and four rubies, with guilloché enamel shading from yellow to dark orange and purple on a rayed ground to imitate sunset, overlayed with foliage, gilt interior, with three stamp compartments, marked under base and inside cover
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) long
See Plate 4 and Back Cover Illustration
RUSSIAN, MARKED K. FABERGÉ AND WITH IMPERIAL WARRANT, MOSCOW, 1899-1908
rectangular, three sides applied with silver foliage in Art Nouveau style, the hinged cover with chased and engraved female head, whose floating hair is held by a band set with four diamonds and four rubies, with guilloché enamel shading from yellow to dark orange and purple on a rayed ground to imitate sunset, overlayed with foliage, gilt interior, with three stamp compartments, marked under base and inside cover
3 1/8in. (7.9cm.) long
See Plate 4 and Back Cover Illustration
Literature
See Exhibition Catalogue, Carl Faberge, Goldsmith to the Tsar, National Museum, Stockholm, (No. 74) for similar example in Nobel Collection,
and Stamp Boxes.....Colour Pl.45, p.60 (F19), discussed p.58-59
and Stamp Boxes.....Colour Pl.45, p.60 (F19), discussed p.58-59