Lot 250
250
A TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND NEPHRITE MAGNIFYING GLASS
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A TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND NEPHRITE MAGNIFYING GLASS

BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1893, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 45284 OR 45280

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A TWO-COLOUR GOLD AND NEPHRITE MAGNIFYING GLASS
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1893, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 45284 OR 45280
Circular, the rose gold frame applied with a yellow gold laurel-chased band, the reeded rose gold upper part of the handle above a yellow gold laurel border and reeded nephrite lower section, marked on upper handle
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) long
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Lot Essay

A two-colour gold and nephrite magnifying glass of similar design is held in the Royal Collection (C. de Guitaut, Fabergé in the Royal Collection, London, 2003, p. 225, no. 312). A comparable silver-gilt mounted nephrite magnifying glass was sold Christie's, London 2 June 2014, lot 205.

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