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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBERS 52381 AND 9297
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A RARE JEWELLED GOLD-MOUNTED NEPHRITE MINIATURE MODEL OF A SLEIGH
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBERS 52381 AND 9297
The sleigh carved from nephrite, the backrest of the seat with finely chased foliate gold scrolls applied with two diamond-set flowers, the back of the sleigh with gold rocaille trelliswork panels set with rose-cut diamonds, on slender gold runners, the prow surmounted by a finely chased gold swan with raised wings and diamond-set eyes, marked throughout with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
6 in. (15.2 cm.) long
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBERS 52381 AND 9297
The sleigh carved from nephrite, the backrest of the seat with finely chased foliate gold scrolls applied with two diamond-set flowers, the back of the sleigh with gold rocaille trelliswork panels set with rose-cut diamonds, on slender gold runners, the prow surmounted by a finely chased gold swan with raised wings and diamond-set eyes, marked throughout with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials
6 in. (15.2 cm.) long
Provenance
With A La Vieille Russie, New York.
Donna Simonetta Colonna, Duchess di Cesarò (1922-2011).
Property of Donna Simonetta Colonna, Duchess di Cesarò; Sotheby's, London, 20 November 2003, lot 109.
Donna Simonetta Colonna, Duchess di Cesarò (1922-2011).
Property of Donna Simonetta Colonna, Duchess di Cesarò; Sotheby's, London, 20 November 2003, lot 109.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, The Art of Peter Carl Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Manhattan School of Music, New York, 1961, p. 57, no. 274a (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, A La Vieille Russie, The Art of Peter Carl Fabergé: Exhibition for the Benefit of the Scholarship Fund of the Manhattan School of Music, 25 October - 7 November 1961, no. 274a.
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Margo Oganesian
Head of Department, Fabergé and Russian Works of Art