A gold and guilloche enamel Card-case

MARKED FABERG, WORKMASTER MICHAEL PERCHIN, ST. PETERSBURG, 1899-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 5431

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A gold and guilloche enamel Card-case
marked Faberg, workmaster Michael Perchin, St. Petersburg, 1899-1908, with scratched inventory number 5431
Rectangular of oval section, the translucent oyster enamel with bands of red tied ribbons and green foliage at intervals, over guilloch ground, within bands of seed-pearls, with rose-cut diamond pushpiece, marked on flange
3in. (9cm.) high

Lot Essay

The design on this card-case is reminiscent to the Gatchina Palace Egg made by Michael Perchin and presented to the Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna by Nicholas II for Easter in 1901, which is regarded as one of Faberg's best compositions. The egg is now in the collection of the Walter's Art Gallery of Baltimore.

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