BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF EDWARD HELENIUS, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3214

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A JEWELLED GOLD IMPERIAL PRESENTATION BROOCH
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF EDWARD HELENIUS, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3214
Rectangular, centring a gold crown, set with rose-cut diamonds, flanked on either side by three aquamarines, marked on pin, border and loop; in the original silk and velvet-lined red leather case stamped with the Imperial double-headed eagle
1½ in. (4 cm.) long

Provenance

Supplied by Fabergé to the Imperial Cabinet on 15 March 1912 at the cost of 60 roubles, under the number 3214; entered into the Cabinet’s stock under the number 967.
Discharged in March 1913 to Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928).
Acquired by the present owner at Wartski, London.

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Lot Essay

For a similarly designed Imperial Presentation brooch with a crown, see G. von Hapsburg, M. Lopato, Fabergé: Imperial Jeweller, London, 1993, p. 274, no. 136.

We are grateful to Dr Valentin Skurlov for his assistance with the research of the present lot.

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