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MARKED FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 53834
Details
A jewelled two-colour gold-mounted bowenite bell-push
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890, with scratched inventory number 53834
Circular, on three dolphin feet, each with gemset eye, the lower mount of two-colour gold ribbon-tied laurel, the flared sides applied with entwined laurels set with pink sapphires, beaded upper rim, slightly raised centre with rose-diamond mount to the cabochon garnet push-piece, marked on lower rim, in original fitted wood case, stamped inside the cover in Russian 'Fabergé St. Petersburg Moscow' with the Imperial warrant
2½ in. (6.2 cm.) wide
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890, with scratched inventory number 53834
Circular, on three dolphin feet, each with gemset eye, the lower mount of two-colour gold ribbon-tied laurel, the flared sides applied with entwined laurels set with pink sapphires, beaded upper rim, slightly raised centre with rose-diamond mount to the cabochon garnet push-piece, marked on lower rim, in original fitted wood case, stamped inside the cover in Russian 'Fabergé St. Petersburg Moscow' with the Imperial warrant
2½ in. (6.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, given to
Lieutenant Major Moritz Lewy and thence by descent.
Lieutenant Major Moritz Lewy and thence by descent.
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