Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr Valentin Skurlov for his assistance with the research of the present lot.
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BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1901, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3910
Details
A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL NEPHRITE PAPER-KNIFE
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1901, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3910
Shaped oblong, with a gold handle, enamelled in translucent red over a dash guilloché ground, the border set with rose-cut diamonds, the other side of the handle decorated with a green gold laurel band, apparently unmarked
8 in. (20.3 cm.) long
BY FABERGÉ, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1901, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3910
Shaped oblong, with a gold handle, enamelled in translucent red over a dash guilloché ground, the border set with rose-cut diamonds, the other side of the handle decorated with a green gold laurel band, apparently unmarked
8 in. (20.3 cm.) long
Provenance
Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna (1847-1928), purchased from the St Petersburg branch of Fabergé on 3 January 1901 for 140 roubles.
Brought to you by
Alexis de Tiesenhausen