MARKED FABERGÉ, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 16097

Details

A JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL AND ROCK CRYSTAL PARASOL HANDLE
MARKED FABERGÉ, MOSCOW, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 16097
The rock crystal handle carved with diamond pattern, the gold mount enamelled in translucent red over a hatched guilloché ground, decorated with diamond-set flowers, marked under base; in the original silk and velvet-lined wood case stamped 'Fabergé Moscow St Petersburg' beneath the Imperial warrant
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high, excluding screw

Provenance

Count Preben Ahlefeldt-Laurvig (1872-1946) and Mary Emilie née baroness von Gohr (1874-1954), Denmark.
By descent to the present owner.

Présenté par

Aleksandra Babenko

ababenko@christies.com +44 (0)20 7389 2489

Descriptif du lot

Mary Emilie von Gohr (1874-1954) was the daughter of Baron Oscar Frederich von Gohr (1834-1904), counsellor to the Imperial Russian court, the vice-admiral and consul general in Copenhagen. Born in Russia, she acquired the present parasol handle there prior to 1900.

En savoir plus sur Russian Art

View All