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BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLMSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
Details
A JEWELLED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL TWO-COLOUR GOLD PENDANT LOCKET
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLMSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
The hinged cover enamelled in translucent blue over a wavy sunburst guilloché ground, centring an old-cut diamond, within rose-cut diamond-set border, surmounted by a diamond-set ribbon crest, with suspension loop, the interior with a glazed compartment, marked inside the compartment and on loop
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF AUGUST HOLMSTRÖM, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1900
The hinged cover enamelled in translucent blue over a wavy sunburst guilloché ground, centring an old-cut diamond, within rose-cut diamond-set border, surmounted by a diamond-set ribbon crest, with suspension loop, the interior with a glazed compartment, marked inside the compartment and on loop
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) high
Literature
Géza von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 249, illustrated no. 611.
Exhibited
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Center, 2000, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, 9 September 2000 - 18 February 2001, no. 611.
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