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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE PARASOL HANDLE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 5554
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A JEWELLED TWO-COLOUR GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE PARASOL HANDLE
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 5554
Of tapering cylindrical form, the bowenite body decorated with rose-cut diamond-set arrows, tied with entwined rose gold bands articulated with cabochon rubies, all above a yellow gold laurel-chased border, marked on border; in a fitted Wartski case
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) long, excluding screw
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, 1899-1903, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 5554
Of tapering cylindrical form, the bowenite body decorated with rose-cut diamond-set arrows, tied with entwined rose gold bands articulated with cabochon rubies, all above a yellow gold laurel-chased border, marked on border; in a fitted Wartski case
3 ¼ in. (8.3 cm.) long, excluding screw
Provenance
Lord and Lady Iveagh.
The Forbes Collection; Christie's, New York, 19 April 2002, lot 129.
Private collection, London, 2007.
The Forbes Collection; Christie's, New York, 19 April 2002, lot 129.
Private collection, London, 2007.
Literature
C. Forbes & R. Tromeur-Brenner, Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, pp. 204-205.
Exhibited
Edinburgh, Aberdeen, The Fine Arts Society, Fabergé and the Edwardians, 1987, no. 19.
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