Lot Essay
For a comparable clock by Michael Perchin in the Rococo style, see G. Hill, et al, Fabergé and the Russian Master Goldsmiths, New York, 1989, p. 173, No. 146, illustrated.
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 59809
Details
A Silver-Gilt and Guilloché Enamel Desk Clock**
Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890, scratched inventory number 59809
Of rococo baluster form, enameled in translucent green over a wavy sunburst ground, the white enamel dial with black Arabic chapters within a seed-pearl bezel, framed and applied with foliate scrolls, on two rocaille and foliate scroll feet, with scroll strut and ivory backing, in the original silk and velvet lined wood case stamped 'Fabergé St. Petersburg Moscow' beneath the Imperial warrant, marked on edge, back and strut
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) high
Marked Fabergé, with the workmaster's mark of Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, circa 1890, scratched inventory number 59809
Of rococo baluster form, enameled in translucent green over a wavy sunburst ground, the white enamel dial with black Arabic chapters within a seed-pearl bezel, framed and applied with foliate scrolls, on two rocaille and foliate scroll feet, with scroll strut and ivory backing, in the original silk and velvet lined wood case stamped 'Fabergé St. Petersburg Moscow' beneath the Imperial warrant, marked on edge, back and strut
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's, Geneva, April 28, 1976, lot 202.
Literature
G. von Habsburg and A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, New York, 1979, p. 39, No. 47, illustrated.
Special notice
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