Lot Essay
A comparable potato-shaped box was sold at Christie's, New York, 24 March 2016, lot 101.
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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION
A GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE BOX
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Details
A GOLD-MOUNTED BOWENITE BOX
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Oblong, realistically carved as a potato, the gold-mounted hinged cover with a fleur-de-lys clasp at the front, marked throughout, also with London import marks for 1915; in a fitted Wartski case
4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide
MARKED FABERGÉ, WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890
Oblong, realistically carved as a potato, the gold-mounted hinged cover with a fleur-de-lys clasp at the front, marked throughout, also with London import marks for 1915; in a fitted Wartski case
4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
With Wartski, London.
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926-2014).
With Wartski, London, 2017.
Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926-2014).
With Wartski, London, 2017.
Literature
Exhibition Catalogue, The Palace Museum, Beijing, 2018, p. 643, no. 261.
Exhibited
Beijing, The Palace Museum, 17 April - 17 June 2018, no. 261.
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A comparable potato-shaped box was sold at Christie's, New York, 24 March 2016, lot 101.