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BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 45943
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A SILVER-GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL PHOTOGRAPH FRAME
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 45943
Of shaped cartouche form, the oval aperture inset with a miniature porcelain portrait of Queen Olga of Greece, signed 'Pasetti' and numbered '52320' on the reverse, within a laurel-capped reeded bezel, the body enamelled in translucent emerald green over a sunburst guilloché ground, applied with rocaille and foliate silver mounts, with an ivorine back and silver strut, marked on lower edge and strut with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials; in the original fitted Fabergé wooden case
4 3⁄8 in. (11.2 cm.) high
BY FABERGÉ, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1890, SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 45943
Of shaped cartouche form, the oval aperture inset with a miniature porcelain portrait of Queen Olga of Greece, signed 'Pasetti' and numbered '52320' on the reverse, within a laurel-capped reeded bezel, the body enamelled in translucent emerald green over a sunburst guilloché ground, applied with rocaille and foliate silver mounts, with an ivorine back and silver strut, marked on lower edge and strut with 'Fabergé' in Cyrillic and workmaster's initials; in the original fitted Fabergé wooden case
4 3⁄8 in. (11.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 9 November 2000, lot 89.
Sale Room Notice
It has been suggested that the miniature portrait is of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mavrikievna of Russia, née Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg (1865–1927), wife of Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich, rather than of Queen Olga of Greece.
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