Lot 29
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FABERGÉ EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHALCEDONY AND DIAMOND CAPE CLASP
FABERGÉ EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHALCEDONY AND DIAMOND CAPE CLASP
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FABERGÉ EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHALCEDONY AND DIAMOND CAPE CLASP

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FABERGÉ EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHALCEDONY AND DIAMOND CAPE CLASP
Each clasp of barbed quatrefoil form, centring a large cabochon mecca stone within a rose-cut diamond-set rim, in an openwork rose-cut diamond-set gold mount (Russian marks for St Petersburg), with a hook and loop on each clasp, maker’s mark (August Holmström), St Petersburg, 1899-1903

Size/Dimensions: 11.4 cm long
Gross weight: 35.4 grams
Literature
For a similar cape clasp by Fabergé set with aquamarines, see Exhibition catalogue, Fabergé and the Russian Jewellers, London, Wartski, 2006, p.55, no. 163.

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Lot Essay

Cabochon chalcedony stones of purple-blue or mauve colour are described in Fabergé’s ledgers as ‘mecca stones’. This name apparently derives from Mocha, a town on the Red Sea coast of Yemen, where these stones were mined.

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