.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER VICTOR AARNE, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 60167
Details
A JEWELLED AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL SILVER-GILT TRIPTYCH CLOCK AND FRAME
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER VICTOR AARNE, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 60167
Designed as a triptych, the middle panel centring a white enamel dial with black Arabic chapters and pierced hands, within a circular border guilloché enamelled in oyster white, decorated with four silver-gilt rosettes and laurels, the corners applied with four foliate sprays, surmounted by a laurel and ribbon crest, the hinged sides designed as photograph frames, similarly decorated, all surmounted by four cone finials, on four baluster feet, with ivorine back-plates, marked throughout with 'Faberge' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
8 1⁄4 in. (21 cm.) wide, when extended
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER VICTOR AARNE, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 60167
Designed as a triptych, the middle panel centring a white enamel dial with black Arabic chapters and pierced hands, within a circular border guilloché enamelled in oyster white, decorated with four silver-gilt rosettes and laurels, the corners applied with four foliate sprays, surmounted by a laurel and ribbon crest, the hinged sides designed as photograph frames, similarly decorated, all surmounted by four cone finials, on four baluster feet, with ivorine back-plates, marked throughout with 'Faberge' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
8 1⁄4 in. (21 cm.) wide, when extended
Literature
A. von Solodkoff, Fabergé, Juwelier des Zarenhofes, Heidelberg, 1995, p. 111, no. 90 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 272, no. 692 (illustrated).
G. von Habsburg, Fabergé: Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, p. 272, no. 692 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Hamburg, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Fabergé, Juweilier des Zarenhofes, 12 April - 25 June 1995, no. 90.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 692.
Wilmington, Riverfront Arts Centre, Fabergé, Imperial Craftsman and his World, 14 August 2000 - 28 February 2001, no. 692.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Brought to you by
Margo Oganesian
Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art