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MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF VICTOR AARNE, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 9409
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A GEM-SET GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL SILVER-MOUNTED HARDSTONE BELL-PUSH
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF VICTOR AARNE, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 9409
Cylindrical, the hardstone body set with a green guilloché enamel band applied with silver scrolling foliage, the base decorated with an acanthus leaf rim, surmounted by a circular acanthus reserve with a cabochon garnet push-piece, marked on rim
1 ¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF VICTOR AARNE, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1904, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 9409
Cylindrical, the hardstone body set with a green guilloché enamel band applied with silver scrolling foliage, the base decorated with an acanthus leaf rim, surmounted by a circular acanthus reserve with a cabochon garnet push-piece, marked on rim
1 ¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 9 November 1977, lot 236.
Literature
G. von Habsburg and A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé: Court Jeweler to the Tsars, Fribourg, 1979, pl. 60 (illustrated).
Special notice
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