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MARKED FABERGÉ AND WITH THE WORKMASTER'S MARK OF JOHAN VICTOR AARNE, ST. PETERSBURG, 1896-1908, WITH SCRATCHED INVENTORY NUMBER 3083
Details
A SILVER-GILT GUILLOCHÉ ENAMEL MINIATURE FRAME
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Johan Victor Aarne, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908, with scratched inventory number 3083
Of rectangular form with cut corners, the pyramidal sloping frame of translucent mauve guilloché enamel enclosing a photograph of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna holding her daughter Grand Duchess Tatiana, within a gold dot and dash border, surmounted by a ribbon crest, with scroll strut, marked on rim and strut
2¼in. (5.7cm.) high
marked Fabergé and with the workmaster's mark of Johan Victor Aarne, St. Petersburg, 1896-1908, with scratched inventory number 3083
Of rectangular form with cut corners, the pyramidal sloping frame of translucent mauve guilloché enamel enclosing a photograph of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna holding her daughter Grand Duchess Tatiana, within a gold dot and dash border, surmounted by a ribbon crest, with scroll strut, marked on rim and strut
2¼in. (5.7cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's Geneva, 11 May 1982, lot 248 A La Vieille Russie
Literature
Forbes, C. & Tromeur-Brenner, R. Fabergé, The Forbes Collection, New York, 1999, p. 123, ill. p. 122
von Habsburg, G. Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, no. 695, p. 273, ill.
von Habsburg, G. Fabergé Imperial Craftsman and His World, London, 2000, no. 695, p. 273, ill.
Exhibited
New York, A La Vieille Russie, Fabergé, 1983, no. 75, p. 46, ill. p. 73 Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Fabergé, The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1984, no. 62 Lugano, The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Fabergé Fantasies from The Forbes Magazine Collection, 1987, no, 43, p. 64, ill. p. 65 Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Fabergé, Orfèvre à la Cour des Tsars, 1987, no. 43, pp. 43-44
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Tsar, 1997, no. 113, p. 151, ill.
North Carolina, Biltmore Estate, The Glitter and the Gold, 1998, no cat.
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Carl Fabergé: Goldsmith to the Tsar, 1997, no. 113, p. 151, ill.
North Carolina, Biltmore Estate, The Glitter and the Gold, 1998, no cat.
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