A jewelled gold and enamel Imperial ring

ST. PETERSBURG, CIRCA 1880

Details

A jewelled gold and enamel Imperial ring
St. Petersburg, circa 1880
Oval, the crowned oval mount set with brilliant and rose-cut diamonds, enclosing the rose-cut diamond-set cypher of Alexander III on opaque turquoise enamel ground, the band with scroll terminals, apparently unmarked

Provenance

H. C. Bainbridge
Mrs. Robert Allan

Literature

A. Kenneth Snowman, The Art of Carl Fabergé, (London, 1962), illustrated plate 208 and p.161.

Lot Essay

According to Kenneth Snowman, this ring, formerly in the collection of the Fabergé representative in London, was traditionally believed to have been the Tsar's personal ring, made by Fabergé.
Such rings with the cypher of Alexander III and Nicholas II were presentation gifts, a number of them appear in the records of the Imperial Cabinet executed by Fabergé, Bolin and others.

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