MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF KARL (HJALMAR) ARMFELT, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 21685

Details

A SILVER-MOUNTED ICON OF ST PANTALEON
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF KARL (HJALMAR) ARMFELT, ST PETERSBURG, 1908-1917, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 21685
Rectangular, centring the icon of St Pantaleon, holding a medicine box and a spoon, silver mounts cast and chased with scrolling foliage, the wood back with a suspension loop, marked on lower mount; in the original Fabergé silk and velvet-lined wood case stamped ‘Fabergé St Petersburg Moscow London’
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired by Andrei Siniavski (1925-1997).
By descent to the present owner.

Brought to you by

Alexis de Tiesenhausen

atiesenhausen@christies.com +44 (0)20 7389 2605

Lot Essay

St Pantaleon is regarded as one of the Holy Healers and patron saint of doctors. In Russia, St Pantaleon was also considered a patron saint of soldiers. He was born in Nicomedia, located in present-day Turkey, in circa 275. Pantaleon studied medicine with such great success that he was appointed as one of the court physicians to the Emperor Maximian.

More from Russian Art

View All