Lot Essay
For a comparable clock of a similar shape with grey enamel, see K. Snowman, Carl Fabergé, Goldsmith to the Imperial Court of Russia, New York, 1983, p. 19.
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MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 9421
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AN IMPRESSIVE JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL DESK CLOCK
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 9421
Of shaped oval form, enamelled in translucent lime green over a sunburst guilloché ground, with circular seed-pearl bezel and within a seed-pearl border, applied with a gold laurel wreath, tied with ruby-set and diamond-set ribbons, on a two-colour gold acanthus-chased base, the white enamel dial with black Arabic chapter and pierced hands, the ivorine back with silver scroll strut, the back-plate with hand-set, marked on lower rim, back and strut; in a fitted Wartski case
5 ¼ in. (13.2 cm.) high
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 9421
Of shaped oval form, enamelled in translucent lime green over a sunburst guilloché ground, with circular seed-pearl bezel and within a seed-pearl border, applied with a gold laurel wreath, tied with ruby-set and diamond-set ribbons, on a two-colour gold acanthus-chased base, the white enamel dial with black Arabic chapter and pierced hands, the ivorine back with silver scroll strut, the back-plate with hand-set, marked on lower rim, back and strut; in a fitted Wartski case
5 ¼ in. (13.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 11 May 1982, lot 333.
With A La Vieille Russie, New York.
With A La Vieille Russie, New York.
Literature
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes: [eine Ausstellung des Museums fur Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg], Heidelberg, 1995, no. 78 (illustrated).
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé Clocks, London, 1986, p. 27 (illustrated).
J. Booth, The Art of Fabergé, London, 1996, p. 167 (illustrated).
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé Clocks, London, 1986, p. 27 (illustrated).
J. Booth, The Art of Fabergé, London, 1996, p. 167 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Hamburg, Museums fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, 12 April-25 June 1995, no. 78.
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