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BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ANDREI GORIANOV, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908
Details
A SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL BELL-PUSH AND ASHTRAY
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ANDREI GORIANOV, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908
Circular, enamelled in translucent pale blue over a wavy guilloché ground, the top centring a circular silver well with a beaded border, surmounted by a push-piece with a spread eagle-form finial, the sides mounted with ribbon-tied laurel swags and laurel wreaths and pine cones, all within leaf-tip chased borders, the base with later Russian dedication inscription dated 1927, marked under base
3 in. (7.6 cm.) diameter
BY FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF ANDREI GORIANOV, ST PETERSBURG, 1904-1908
Circular, enamelled in translucent pale blue over a wavy guilloché ground, the top centring a circular silver well with a beaded border, surmounted by a push-piece with a spread eagle-form finial, the sides mounted with ribbon-tied laurel swags and laurel wreaths and pine cones, all within leaf-tip chased borders, the base with later Russian dedication inscription dated 1927, marked under base
3 in. (7.6 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 24 April 2009, lot 218.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.
Acquired at the above by the present owner.
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